Alan Smithee is an (in-)famous film director, writer and sometime actor. Smithee is world-renowned for his seemingly effortless ability to court controversy with each of his works, his longevity in the business and his inverse Midas touch. He is often acclaimed, even by his detractors, as a versatile renaissance man who dabbles in a wide array of disparate genres. Smithee's personal life is shrouded in mystery and he remains consistently tight-lipped about which productions he is currently working on. Such luminaries as David Lynch have wished their work to be associated with his name, and many more are quietly envious of his prolific and mercurial career. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.