If you look at the Internet Movie Database, one of the most prolific directors over the last 70 years has been Alan Smithy.

He has been credited with directing over 156 feature films, shorts, and music videos, with several more projects in the works.

Despite his prodigious output, however, Alan Smithy has never been nominated for an award,

appeared on a red carpet, or conducted an interview.

And this is because Alan Smithy doesn't exist.

Learn more about Alan Smithy and why he was created on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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The story of Alan Smithy begins with the union system in Hollywood.

The union system in Hollywood emerged in the 1930s as film workers organized to protect wages, working conditions, and creative rights in an industry

dominated by powerful studios. During the early decades of the American film industry,

major studios such as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Brothers, and Paramount Pitchers,

operated under a vertically integrated system in which they controlled production, distribution,

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