Tontxi Vazquez

Tontxi Vazquez, Producer and Director of STOOPPIX a media, film and video production company. Specializing in small and lower budget Indie Films and Documentaries. We also concentrate on Latin American Films and on Alternative depictions of people of color of diverse cultures. "We do seriously hip Urban and heart touching projects for an international market." We mentor young filmmakers and writers.
Client credits have included Denon/Japan, Ogitvy & Mather, Young & Rubican, WIN Records, and MTV Latino.
Also associated with
Incentive film Features Entertainment and Bottom of The House Productions Inc.
Diversifilms-Third Millennium Films Inc. as a stock footage provider. After having been 10 years at the Image Bank's International film division. Where he was the sole liaison to 9 of its European affiliate offices.
During this time he also produced 40 hours of digitally mastered footage for worldwide distribution through TIB'S 150 offices. He also created demo reels featured at trade shows and events such as the Cannes Film & Commercials Festival.

Tontxi Vazquez has been associated with Stephen Eamhart(ex-Director of Prod., Miramax) Victoria Ford of Steel Carrot("MULE SKINNER BLUES") Gill Holland Paul Mezey and Gait Niederhofer ("MYTH
AMERICA," "HURRICANE STREETS," "THE CITY," "PROZAC NATION ") producer's of Gi'ven Films Nadia Leonelli and Frederik Sundwall ("PERFUME;' "ACTS OF WORSHIP," "HOSTAGE," "DESERT BLUE," "HURRICANE STREETS ") producer's of Manifesto Films. Mark Rymel ("ANGEL BABY," " QUEEN OF THE DAMN ") producer Annie Flocco ("JUMP," "SUPER TROOPERS") Silas Shabelewska ("ANNA SOROR," "Short-Circuit International Film Festival") playwright Franco D'Alessandro ("ROMAN NIGHTS" Also had the opportunity of working with Sam Shaw ("PARIS BLUES," & Cassavette's producer) Christopher Lawford, Ana Thompson ("DRUNKS"), Wanda de Jesus, DoPs; Nancy Schreiber ("CATER WAITER," "VISIONS OF LIGHT ") Sarah Cawley, Ken Van Sickle ("MARJO ") Oscar winner. Pat Rabdao ("CITY ARTS ") Writer-Directors: Roy Szuper ("Gonzomusic Dairies" "CONCERT JOE," "CHARCOAL") on VH-l's pilot "Rock and Roll's Record Breakers," Thomas Moore ("STILL LIFE ") Avignon Fete winner,

UK Writer-Director Vicki Psarias ("RIFTS ") Pamela Enz ("DIDJA, DIDJA ..GET A GUN ") nominated for IFFM's 20th No-Borders development program. STOOPPIX ("MEET YOU AT THE CODA/A Latin Jazz Portrait,") and also was 2nd Unit AC for Christopher Guest's "WAITING FOR GUFFMAN."

Currently developing 3 final feature-length drafts for under £1.5 million UKPs. And 3 documentaries about music, a fashion accessory and a UK national figure from the 1930's

A recipient of a National Endowment Grant for the Humanities and has curated exhibited and is in collections worldwide as a fine art photographer. Including exhibitions at The New Museum for Contemporary Art, MoMA, Museo del Barrio, Frankfurt Airport, Bronx Museum, Catskill Center of Photography the Carnegie MeIIon Library the Schomburg Collection of Black American History and Research the Newark Museum. Last exhibitions in NYC received considerable national press coverage on an HBO Latino mainstream television broadcast.