Dean Alioto

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Dean Alioto

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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.


Credits

Man With a Movie Camera: The Found Footage Legacy of 'Man Bites Dog' Man With a Movie Camera: The Found Footage Legacy of 'Man Bites Dog' (2025) Character: Self
Documentary by filmmaker Sarah Appleton.
L.A. Dicks L.A. Dicks (2007) Character: Harold
Based on the real-life subculture of Los Angeles private eyes who pitch their cases to Hollywood, L.A. DICKS follows P.I.s Jude and Harold as they battle rival detectives, take on their own karma, and try to make it in the toughest business in the world.
Shadowheart Shadowheart (2009) Character: Spider
James Conners comes home to the town of Legend, New Mexico in 1865 to avenge his fathers death against the ruthless Will Tunney. Along the way he re-captures his long lost love Mary Cooper. With the chance to take Will Tunney he must choose revenge or redemption.
Quarries Quarries (2016) Character: Cody
To escape her abusive boyfriend, Kat joins a wilderness expedition with a group of women, all of whom are struggling with the uncertainty of life. What was supposed to be an opportunity for personal discovery quickly becomes a fight for survival, forcing each one to discover the strength within themselves that they didn't even know they possessed. While being brazenly chased by a pack of predators, the strong quickly set themselves apart from the weak. In a battle of will, stamina, and heart, these very virtues present themselves at the most crucial moment. With death looming, each is left with what is truly important - the strength within oneself.
The Found Footage Phenomenon The Found Footage Phenomenon (2021) Character: Self
The documentary tracks the origins of the found footage technique and how it transformed with technological changes throughout the last few decades.
Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal Activity Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal Activity (2021) Character: Self
A deep dive into the making of the Paranormal Activity films with first time ever interviews with cast and crew, never-before-seen footage from the movies, and a preview of the seventh installment in the franchise.
Beyond the Spectrum: Being Taken Beyond the Spectrum: Being Taken (2018) Character: Filmmaker
This is the definitive Documentary on Alien Abduction. A careful fact based study of the most credible cases, hoaxes, military historical involvement and expert interviews.
UFO Abduction UFO Abduction (1989) Character: Michael Van Heese
On October 8th, 1983, the Van Heese family gathered together to celebrate the 5th birthday of Michelle, the littlest member of their household. Everything was captured on VHS by Michael McPherson and his new camcorder — including the alien invasion.
Complacent Complacent (2012) Character: Mr. Capilano
Two close sisters, Myah and Beth, struggle with their differences in life and in the older sister's mentally abusive marriage, until the complacent lives of Beth and their married friends are shaken to the core by a tragedy that they are all forced to face.
MoniKa MoniKa (2012) Character: Andy
The film is a violent, edgy ride focusing on down and out Reagan Tyler, a man who is troubled by visions and premonitions that ultimately lead him to old school Las Vegas. It's there that Reagan meets the beautiful and mysterious Monika, a young woman who turns out to have been killed the night before he even met her. Reagan is then forced to put the puzzle together of what happened, how she is still present, and help Monika with her revenge on the killers of her younger sister.
CONTENT CONTENT (2025) Character: Stranger #1
Shown through phones, laptops, & webcams, a seemingly polite director stalks and blackmails his actors into living a real-life horror movie.



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