Tony Edvard Valenzuela (born June 3, 1972) is an American director, producer and writer widely known for creating BlackBoxTV, a YouTube channel dedicated to short horror films and series.

[10] Valenzuela is the creator of BlackBoxTV Presents,[11] a horror anthology series that debuted on YouTube on August 17, 2010 and is the longest-running online drama, according to Variety.

[19] In 2015, Valenzuela directed the pilot episode of the reality competition Fight of the Living Dead,[20] which he executive produced and distributed through BlackBoxTV [21] from 2015-2016 for YouTube Red.

Also in 2015, Valenzuela was recruited by New Form - the digital studio co-founded by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, to create, write and direct The Fourth Door,[22] a supernatural good versus evil drama series starring Joey Graceffa and Monique Coleman from High School Musical.

[25] Beginning in 2016, Valenzuela directed nine episodes of the virtual reality series BlackBoxTV Presents: 360\Horror and won the Best Immersive Storyteller Streamy Award[26] in 2017 for excellence in VR and 360 filmmaking.