Dean Alioto
- Directing
Biography
Director and writer Dean Alioto is an award-winning filmmaker and documentarian with an impressive track record across film and television. He has produced acclaimed specials for A+E, Bravo, and Discovery, and served as a consultant on James Fox’s hit UFO documentary The Phenomenon. Dean’s groundbreaking work in the genre has earned him a place in the Paramount+ documentary Unknown Dimensions: The Story of Paranormal Activity, where he is celebrated as the creator of The McPherson Tape, the first-ever found footage film. He is also known for the enigmatic Paramount TV movie Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County, which has become a cult classic in the UFO and paranormal storytelling space.
Known for
Filmography
- The Experiencers: Full Disclosure · Writer, Director
- A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant · Editing, Cinematography
- Content · Stranger #1
- The Alien Perspective Part II · Director, Writer
- Man With a Movie Camera: The Found Footage Legacy of 'Man Bites Dog' · Self, Thanks
- The Alien Perspective · Director, Writer
- The Last Podcast · Director, Writer
- The Haunting of Dalva House · Director
- Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal Activity · Self
- The Found Footage Phenomenon · Self
- Portal · Director, Writer
- My Evil Stepdad · Writer
- Beyond the Spectrum: Being Taken · Filmmaker
- Quarries · Cody, Second Unit Director
- MoniKa · Andy
- Complacent · Mr. Capilano
- The Genesis Files · Taylor, Creator
- Shadowheart · Spider, Director
- L.A. Dicks · Harold, Editing
- Jesse James: Legend, Outlaw, Terrorist · Director
- Lizzie Borden Had an Axe · Director
- Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County · Writer, Director
- UFO Abduction · Michael Van Heese, Director