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Dean Alioto
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…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2026
The Experiencers: Full Disclosure
Movie Writer
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2025
A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant
Movie Editor
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2025
Content
Movie Stranger #1
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2025
The Alien Perspective Part II
Movie Director
- 2025
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2025
The Alien Perspective
Movie Director
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2024
The Last Podcast
Movie Director
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2023
The Haunting of Dalva House
Movie Director
- 2021
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2021
The Found Footage Phenomenon
Movie Self
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2019
Portal
Movie Director
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2019
My Evil Stepdad
Movie Writer
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2018
Beyond the Spectrum: Being Taken
Movie Filmmaker
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2016
Quarries
Movie Cody
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2012
MoniKa
Movie Andy
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2012
Complacent
Movie Mr. Capilano
More credits
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2010
The Genesis Files
TV show Taylor
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2009
Shadowheart
Movie Spider
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2007
L.A. Dicks
Movie Harold
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2005
Jesse James: Legend, Outlaw, Terrorist
Movie Director
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2004
Lizzie Borden Had an Axe
Movie Director
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1998
Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County
Movie Writer
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1989
UFO Abduction
Movie Michael Van Heese
