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Dean Alioto
Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Editor, Additional Credits
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.
Dean Alioto Filmography
| 2025 | Content · as Stranger #1 |
| 2019 | Maussan's UFO Files · as Cast |
| 2018 | Beyond the Spectrum: Being Taken · as Filmmaker |
| 2016 | Quarries · as Cody |
| 2012 | MoniKa · as Andy |
| 2012 | Complacent · as Mr. Capilano |
| 2009 | Shadowheart · as Spider |
| 2005 | L.A. Dicks · as Harold |
| 1998 | Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County · as Damian Hawkins |
| 1989 | The McPherson Tape · as Michael Van Heese |
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| 2010 | Unusual Suspects (TV Series) |
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| 2006 | Watch Over Me (TV Series) |
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| 2005 | Battleground: The Art of War (TV Series) |
| 2000 | Arrest & Trial (TV Series) |
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| 2021 | The Found Footage Phenomenon · as Self |
| 2025 | A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant · as Director Of Photography |
| 2025 | Life Beyond Earth · as Cinematographer |
| 2016 | Quarries · as Second Unit Director |
| 2010 | Unusual Suspects (TV Series) · as Field Producer |
| 2008 | Speechless · as Co-Director |
| 2002 | Celebrity Boxing · as Field Producer |