Dean Alioto is an award-winning director/writer and a creator of the "found footage" genre with his cut hit The McPherson Tape and the highly-rated Paramount TV movie ALIEN ABDUCTION: INCIDENT IN LAKE COUNTY. Dean's writing skills and direction of actors has been praised by Variety and his abilities as an innovative storyteller singled out by Collider. Dean enjoys working in a wide range of genres including westerns (Shadowheart for Starz/Anchor Bay), supernatural thrillers (Portal for Vertical Entertainment) and an upcoming 3-part limited science docu-series and the horror-comedy The Last Podcast. In addition to filmmaking, Dean is a mediocre drummer and enjoys playing with any band that will have him.