Director

Dean Alioto

Directing

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Directed movies: 9Directed series: 0All crew credits: 13

TMDB ID: 85813

IMDb ID: nm0019665

Known for: Directing

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1989 - 2025

Years active: 37

Average TMDB rating: 5.98

Wikidata: Q114312468

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Biography

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.

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