Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - When you have a collection of the best people, expect great things to happen. The recent compilation of talent at the new production house 420estudio may open Banderas Bay even further for film and photo location shoots. They will also enhance all video efforts originating in the region.

"I wanted to gather the most talented producers, videographers, photographers, sound technicians, animation artists and other talents to create a consortium," says Pedro Agüera, director of 420estudio, "Many of us want to live in the Puerto Vallarta area while continuing to work within our craft." There is a great deal of talent in the area and he feels that many companies think they have to look outside the city to find highly qualified talent, even though there are many professionals living and working in Puerto Vallarta.

Pedro has spent over 30 years in television and video production and hails from Mexico City. Some of his accolades include 19 seasons of Fear Factor/Mexico shot in Argentina, Big Brother/Mexico, Tropical Heat/Canadian TV series and years of work at Televisa in various capacities. Members of 420estudio have over 70 years of combined experience in the industry.

He first visited Puerto Vallarta over 20 years ago and lived here for awhile, but had to move back to Mexico City for work. Just over one year ago he decided to move back permanently. "I have young children and Mexico City was not a great environment for raising them," says Pedro, "We love the beach, water sports and this is a great place to raise a family." He immediately started networking to find other media professionals living in the area, who wanted to work at a very high level and 420estudio was born.

"Puerto Vallarta and the Bay of Banderas is the ultimate location, because it is paradise defined," says Pedro. "There is consistently great weather plus an incredible mix of different terrains like mountains, ocean, beach, farms, jungle and tourist sections, all this combines to create a very desirable location for video and photo shoots." This is a great way to promote the area as a tourist destination world wide, too.

The company also has rental equipment and facilities to support foreign companies when they are shooting photos, movies, documentaries, TV shows or commercials. 420estudio has complete cross production services.

Their premiere video, The History of the New Pier, will be released soon. At the end of February, they are off to Sonora to continue an ongoing series of documentaries for SAGARPA, Mexico's Secretary of Agriculture, about HLB, a plague that is attacking citrus trees. For more information check out their website, 420estudio.com.