Tony E. Valenzuela is an award winning writer/director and creator of BlackBoxTV, the #1 most-subscribed & watched sci-fi/horror channel on YouTube. "BlackBoxTV Presents," an anthology series (in the vein of the "Twilight Zone") is the longest-running scripted drama online. In 2012, Tony partnered with YouTube Originals for a slate of programming that included a collaboration with Anthony E Zuiker (creator of C.S.I.). Tony recently completed his 2nd full-length feature (his first was distributed by IFC and then Netflix) and the wildly successful YouTube zombie survival game "Fight of the Living Dead." He has collaborated with Jon Turtletaub, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros., CBS, Fox Studios, The Los Angeles Times, Guillermo del Toro as well as Ron Howard & Brian Grazer's New Form Digital. Additionally (in 2017 & 2018) Tony's work in VR and 360 filmmaking garnered him a Streamy Award for "Best Immersive Storyteller." For the past year, Tony's been filming the protests that followed the death of George Floyd in both Los Angeles, California and Portland, Oregon utilizing VR (3D) cameras. Portions of his footage have been used by NBC, ABC and Meta Quest for their "In Protest" VR series (which he also collaborated on.) In June of 2021, BlackBoxTV premiered it's first original piece for Meta Quest TV, a 360 3D thrill-ride titled, "Scream Park."
Current Partners: Meta Quest, Google, Realm, Vive, GRX Immersive Labs & Laff Mobb.