- Credited in the special thanks section of the first ever Graphic Novel that deals with drug addiction. Which is based on the actual tales of Brandon Novak from MTV's Jackass and Viva La Bam, created by Joe Frantz and titled The Brandon Novak Chronicles (2018).
- Huge fan of Filmmakers Quentin Tarantino, George A. Romero, Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch, Oliver Stone, John Carpenter, Christopher Nolan, David Cronenberg, Clint Eastwood, Danny Boyle, Abel Ferrara, Frank Henenlotter, Ti West, Adam Winguard, Simon Barrett, Kathryn Bigelow, Mary Lambert, Tobe Hooper, Sam Raimi, Mike Judge, Charles Band, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Jeff Burr, David Schmoeller, David DeCoteau, Ted Nicolaou, Monty Python (Group), Lloyd Kaufman, Albert Pyun, Jim Wynorski, Tom Savini, William Butler, Chad Ferrin, Robert Rodriguez, Jim Van Bebber, Richard Stanley.
- Most Loved Films are Evil Dead (Trilogy), The Butterfly Effect, True Romance, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, Terminator, Stand By Me, Lucas, Oh What A Night, Blown Away, Lost Boys, Without Malice, Trainspotting, Back To The Future (Trilogy), Heathers, Pump Up The Volume, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Barry Lyndon, The Thing, Brain Damage, Detroit Rock City, Dazed and Confused, Ed Wood, Blue Velvet, Lost Highway, Taxi Driver, The Beach, Buffalo 66, The Deer Hunter,One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Apocalypse Now, Late Last Night, Scarface, The Basketball Diaries, The Judge, Wolf of Wall Street, Wall Street, Dallas Buyers Club, Return Of The Living Dead, Night Of The Living Dead, Dawn Of The Dead, Day Of The Dead, Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison, Due Date, Fist Of Fury, Game of Death, Maximum Overdrive, A History of Violence, Monster Man, The Burning, Deadbeat at Dawn, The Manson Family, The Warriors & Kickboxer.
- Owns a pair of Vans shoes which belonged to actor Corey Haim (one of Dean's biggest idols since childhood) which his mom Judy Haim auctioned in 2012. Then in 2019 Dean is credited in the film 13 Fanboy Directed by Deborah Voorhees (Friday The 13th 5) ,which stars Corey Feldman also a childhood idol and the other half of the Two Corey's fame.
- Huge admirer of actors Corey Haim, Leonardo Di Caprio, Robert Downey Jr, Bruce Campbell, Michael Madsen, Tom Sizemore, Bill Paxton, Brad Renfro, Christian Slater, Sean Penn, Chris Penn, Johnny Depp, Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen, Vincent Gallo, Jack Nicholson, Joe Pilato, Michael Biehn, Paul Newman, Tony Todd, Edward Furlong, Viggo Mortensen, Brad Pitt, Wes Bentley, River Phoenix, Ewan Mcgregor, Stephen Graham, James Remar, Jean Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Devon Sawa, Tim Roth, John Travolta, Dennis Hopper, Michael Douglas, Matthew McConnaughey, Mark Wahlberg, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro.
- As of September 2023 Dean has had 82 Official Selections with his films at film festivals playing in Ireland, England, Wales, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, France, Germany, Russia, USA, Canada, India, Ukraine, Australia, Portugal, Philippines, North Macedonia & China.
- Won an "Outstanding Achievement Award" at the L'Age d'Or International Arthouse Film Festival in India during November 2019, for his film "Odyssey of the Disturbed".
- His film "Today Is The Day" screened at the CIM Sueca Film Festival in Valencia Spain during September 2019. Out of over 100 film entries from 25 countries Dean was the only Filmmaker from Ireland to be an Official Selection.
- Won a Runner Up Award for "Best Micro Film" at the Visionaries Film Festival in Hoboken New Jersey USA for his film "From Black Into Beauty" .
- His film "From Black Into Beauty" was the only film from Ireland to be included at the International Cultural Artifact Film Festival in India. The festival had 109 films on the schedule with directors from over 35 countries.
- Huge admirer of actresses Linnea Quigley, Patricia Arquette, Lili Taylor, Meryl Streep, Winona Ryder, Linda Hamilton, Sherilyn Fenn, Cybil Sheppard, Amy Smart, Alexandra Daddario, Renee Zellweger, Sharon Stone, Tara Reid, Michelle Rodriguez, Milla Jovovich, Charlize Theron, Saoirse Ronan, Emma Stone, Susan George, Margaret Qualley, Jodie Foster, Margot Robbie, Phoebe Cates, Gillian Anderson, Christina Ricci, Fairuza Balk, Helen Hunt, Julianne Moore, Megan Ward, Lindsay Lohan, Kristen Dunst, Caroline Williams, Caroline Munro, Jessica Alba, Linda Blair, Hannah John Kamen, Camille Keaton, Danielle Harris, Lynn Lowry, Chloe Sevigny.
- Beat out over 3,000 film submissions to earn a "Best Film" nomination at the 2020 Pigeon D'Or Awards for his film "Odyssey of the Disturbed".
- Won 2 Golden Awards in January 2020 at Virgin Spring Cinefest Film Festival for his short film "Odyssey of the Disturbed". One Award for "Best Director" and the other for "Short Film".
- Directed and entered a 2 minute horror film "Kill Tape" shot in 20 minutes a week after his 26th birthday. This was an entry for the first and only Corman Challenge Quarantine Film Festival in April 2020. Introduced and organized by the Godfather of B Movies and Oscar Winner Roger Corman.
- Won 5 film awards during a successful 5 month spell starting from August 2019 up until January 2020.
- Both of his films "Odyssey of the Disturbed" and "Today Is The Day" made it to the Semi Finals of The Horror Movie Awards in 2020. Which is Founded/programmed by Andrew J.D. Robinson also of the well renowned 15 Second Horror Film Challenge.
- Loves TV shows Tales From The Crypt, X Files, Two & a half men, US Office, Beavis and Butt-Head, The Simpsons, American Dad, Family Guy, Rick & Morty, King Of The Hill, Ed Edd Eddy, Courage The Cowardly Dog, Goosebumps, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Black Mirror, The Walking Dead, Lost, Desperate Housewives, Miami Vice, Seinfeld.
- His film "Odyssey of the Disturbed" was one of the 114 finalists at the 2020 Out of the Can International Film Festival in Derby England. Was nominated in the category for "Best B Movie" beating approximately 5,000 other films while being one of the 6 films nominated in it's category.
- Huge fan of David Bowie, Marilyn Manson, Oasis, Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, Green Day, Eminem, Dmx, 2pac, Sisters of Mercy, The Killers, Blondie, Madonna, Smashing Pumpkins, Alice in Chains, Electric Six, New Order, Joy Division & Bruce Springsteen.
- Both of his films "Odyssey of the Disturbed" & "Today is the Day" received an Honourable Mention at The Horror Movie Awards on December 7th 2020.
- Has been involved with many sequels of film franchises such as "Mondo Shock 2", "Mondo Shock 3", "Faces of Dying IV", "The Amityville Exorcist", "Amityville Karen", "The Craiglon Incident III: Annihilation", "Christmas Mashup at the Movies", "The Lockdown: Aftermath", "The Worst of Faces of Dying", "Treasure of the Ninja 2" (Bonus Materials), "Faces of Dying VI", "Grindsploitation Trailerama" (#11), "Tapes of Death 2", "Tapes of Death 3", "Tales of the Unnatural 2" & "Movie Hoarders 2".
- Has worked on 17 Award Winning films listed in order of year/year's that they've won their awards. From Black into Beauty (2019-20), Odyssey of the Disturbed (2019-20), Follow The Dead (2020-21-22), Christmas Slasher (2020-21), The Lockdown (2021), Disembodied Hitman (2021-22), Deadly Numbers (2021), Horror Realm (2021-22), The Clip Clap Tapes (2021), MM4: Exotic Madness (2022), Gross (2022), Virus (2022), Today is the Day (2022), Suit Hung Tied Tongue (2023), Idiot Boy (2023), Air Fryer Slaughter (2024) & Masters of the Grind (2024).
- Dean's trailer for the film 'Disembodied Hitman' became a Semi Finalist at the "Horror Island" film festival in Las Palmas Spain during September 2021.
- His film 'Disembodied Hitman' received a nomination for "Best Horror" at the Nicomedia Film Awards in Turkey on June 15th 2021.
- Films 'Odyssey of the Disturbed' & 'Today is the Day' were nominated as Honorable Mentions at The Horror Movie Awards on December 7, 2020.
- His short film "Disembodied Hitman " controversially won Awards from The Symbiotic Film Festival in Ukraine (Best Ensemble Cast) & Eurasia International Film Festival (Best Director- January Award) on February 25th 2022. Which was one day after the Russian Invasion on Ukraine.
- His film "Disembodied Hitman" was a Semi Finalist at the White Vulture Film Festival in New Jersey USA on the 26th of April 2022. It was competing in the category for "Best Horror/Sci Fi Short" .
- His film "Disembodied Hitman" received an Honorable Mention at the Fear Faire Film Festival, which took place on May 13th 2022 in San Bernardino, California, United States.
- Won his first 5 Awards at the age of 25 between 2019-20. However in 2022 Dean won his 14th Film Award for his micro short film "Today is the Day", which was shot in 2016 when Dean was 22 years old.
- His film "Disembodied Hitman" was Nominated as a Finalist at the Future of Film Awards festival in North Macedonia on May 31st 2023.
- Had a small role in "Amityville Karen" which was Nominated for Best Amityville at the 2023 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards.
- Was prominently featured throughout the trailer for Destiny Soria's feature film "Christmas Slasher" which had a special showing on billboards in Times Square New York on Christmas Eve in 2023.
- Huge Pro Wrestling fan & cites Randy Orton as his all time favorite. Steve Austin, Undertaker, Chris Benoit, Edge, Jeff Hardy, Ric Flair, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart & Roddy Piper are also his childhood heroes.
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