Alan Smithee (qv) film. For many years, a  director who for whatever reason wished not to be credited for a  movie would have his name replaced with the name "Alan Smithee".  After the film  _Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn, An (1998)_ (qv), the name  was too well known, and so the Directors Guild of America decided  to replace the name "Alan Smithee" with the name "Thomas Lee".