Tony Azios

Filmmaker · Producer · Journalist

Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, multimedia producer and journalist.

20+ years directing, producing, filming and editing global stories for PBS, The Wall Street Journal and Agence France-Presse.

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Based in San Antonio, TexasReporting from more than a dozen countries

Featured Work

Portrait of Gambian jali Salieu Suso during an interview

Director, Producer, DP, Writer, Editor

Underground Sound

Beneath the streets of New York City, a Gambian jali transforms the chaos of the subway system into a sacred stage.

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Aerial view of a basketball court painted with a Guam seal mural

Director

Court Mural
Aerial view of a turquoise lagoon and a forested island in Palau

Director

World Health Organization: Team KLEMAT
A woman in an orange dress stands with arms raised on a rattan chair in the sea

Director of Photography

PROTECTORS ANTHEM | Microchild feat. Jonah Hånom

Reporting Highlights

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  1. The Wall Street Journal

    An Inside Look at the U.S. Strategy in Guam as China Stockpiles Missiles

    The U.S. Army is testing the Iron Dome on Guam. WSJ’s Shelby Holliday got a first-hand look at the missile-defense system.

    November 22, 2021

  2. FRONTLINE / Investigative Reporting Workshop

    Lost in Detention

    This documentary explores the impacts of the Obama administration’s ‘get tough’ policy on immigration.

    Oct. 18, 2011

  3. PRI’s The World

    Birthplace of evolutionary theory now inhabited by creationists

    Perhaps no place on earth is more closely linked to the theory of evolution than the Galapagos Islands.

    Aug. 30, 2011

  4. The Christian Science Monitor

    Uncle Sam wants Micronesians for US military

    US military recruiting from the Federated States of Micronesia, per capita, leads all American states.

    May 5, 2010

Photography

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Portrait of a Kichwa woman in a black hat and gold beads
Two girls crossing a rope bridge in the rainforest
A lava lizard on volcanic rock under a blue sky
Two boys and a kitten at a blue barred window
White-faced capuchin monkey eating in the forest

About

Tony Azios at the monitor during a studio interview shoot

I am an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, multimedia producer, and journalist with 20+ years of experience directing, producing, filming, and editing global stories.

Currently based in San Antonio, Texas, I have reported from more than a dozen countries and produced content for PBS, The Wall Street Journal, and Agence France-Presse.

An educator as well as a creator, I spent eight years teaching film/TV production at the University of Guam. I hold an MFA in Film & Electronic Media from American University.

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