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.

Film	Credit
The Experiencers: Full Disclosure2026 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant2025 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Content2025 · Stranger #1	Stranger #1
The Alien Perspective Part II2025 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
MMan With a Movie Camera: The Found Footage Legacy of 'Man Bites Dog'2025 · Self	Self
The Alien Perspective2025 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
The Last Podcast2024 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
The Haunting of Dalva House2023 · Director	Director
Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal Activity2021 · Self	Self
The Found Footage Phenomenon2021 · Self	Self
Portal2019 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
My Evil Stepdad2019 · Writer	Writer
Beyond the Spectrum: Being Taken2018 · Filmmaker	Filmmaker
Quarries2016 · Cody, Producer	Cody, Producer
MoniKa2012 · Andy	Andy
Complacent2012 · Mr. Capilano	Mr. Capilano
Shadowheart2009 · Spider, Director, Screenplay	Spider, Director, Screenplay
L.A. Dicks2007 · Harold, Director, Writer, Producer	Harold, Director, Writer, Producer
JJesse James: Legend, Outlaw, Terrorist2005 · Director	Director
Lizzie Borden Had an Axe2004 · Director	Director
Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County1998 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
UFO Abduction1989 · Michael Van Heese, Director, Writer, Producer	Michael Van Heese, Director, Writer, Producer