Dean Alioto
Directing
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
Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County
January 20, 1998
UFO Abduction
January 1, 1989
Quarries
October 26, 2016
Shadowheart
August 4, 2009
My Evil Stepdad
April 19, 2019
Portal
October 15, 2019
The Alien Perspective
January 8, 2025
The Experiencers: Full Disclosure
June 2, 2026
L.A. Dicks
April 10, 2007
The Haunting of Dalva House
December 1, 2023
The Last Podcast
August 23, 2024
Lizzie Borden Had an Axe
October 30, 2004
Behind the camera15
- 2026The Experiencers: Full Disclosure Writer, Director
- 2025A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant Editor, Director of Photography
- 2025The Alien Perspective Part II Director, Writer
- 2025The Alien Perspective Director, Writer, Producer
- 2024The Last Podcast Director, Writer, Producer
- 2023The Haunting of Dalva House Director
- 2019Portal Director, Writer
- 2019My Evil Stepdad Writer
- 2016Quarries Second Unit Director, Producer
- 2009