With a legendary career as a screenwriter, producer, director and former actor, Dean Devlin paints a picture of what life is like growing up in Hollywood and why Independence Day has held up for all these years when most science fiction films do not. He recalls stories of being Al Pacino’s personal chauffeur, convincing Jeff Goldblum that he is a genre icon and global mega-star, writing and independently producing the sci-fi cult classic Stargate, and the strange circumstances of how he won his first Saturn Award. With Bad Samaritan and The Outpost nominated this year, Dean discusses how the Saturn Awards are unlike any other and why they are and forever will be his favorite award show. Besides being a fanboy at heart, Dean explains how the event has always been about the outcasts and the nerds, yet every major director and star show up to get their awards. There’s nothing pretentious about it. People simply love genre.

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