Dean Alioto

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  6' (1.83 m)

Dean Alioto studied film at both University of Southern California and San Francisco State University. He worked on several feature films including The Doors, The Dead Pool, and Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade before making his own films. Alioto gained commercial success with the ground-breaking cable movie, Alien Abduction: Incident In Lake County. The movie showed a family being abducted by aliens, as told from the point-of-view of a family member's home video camera. It was the first faux-docu... more

Dean Alioto studied film at both University of Southern California and San Francisco State University. He worked on several feature films including The Doors, The Dead Pool, and Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade before making his own films. Alioto gained commercial success with the ground-breaking cable movie, Alien Abduction: Incident In Lake County. The movie showed a family being abducted by aliens, as told from the point-of-view of a family member's home video camera. It was the first faux-documentary of it's kind - predating both The Blair Witch Project and Cloverfield.Alioto's first theatrical feature, Crashing Eden, won several national and international awards. The dark satire was praised by Variety, singling out Alioto's writing and his ability to work with actors. Alioto's second film, L.A. Dicks, told the story of two Los Angeles detectives who pitch their real-life cases to Hollywood. The film also marked Alioto's acting debut and went on to receive the Spirit Award at the Toronto International RebelFestFilm Festival.Thriving on writing, directing, and acting in movies in many different genres, Alioto's next film was the epic western, Shadowheart. The action-drama was called "The Best Western Since Tombstone" by western historian Peter Sherayko. Alioto has several projects in development including an original series for the internet. In addition to filmmaking, Alioto is a drummer and enjoys playing with his fellow musicians in the band, Uncle Bob and The Wonderland Express.