- Ragtag Productions
Ragtag Productions is an American award-winning [cite web |url=http://www.ragtagfilms.net/awards.htm |title=Awards and Festivals |accessdate=2008-04-07 |format= |work=RagtagFilms.net ] independent
film and video production company based inAstoria, Queens . They are noted for the web comedy series "We Need Girlfriends " that ran in 2006-2007. The company has recently entered into discussions withCBS about turning "We Need Girlfriends" into atelevision series pilot with "Sex and the City " creatorDarren Star . [cite web | last =Chong | first =Kevin | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =YouTube to boob tube: How the online sitcom is transforming TV, and vice-versa | work = | publisher =CBCNews.ca | date =March 28, 2008| url =http://www.cbc.ca/arts/media/onlinesitcoms.html | format = | doi = | accessdate =2008-04-09 ]Background
Company founders
Steven Tsapelas , Brian Amyot andAngel Acevedo were film majors atHofstra University inLong Island, New York , where they met. Upon graduation, the three moved to Astoria to work together producing film shorts and submitting them to festivals. After seeing the increasing popularity of online film submissions and contest, they decided to focus on theInternet as a medium to distribute their work.cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =The Beta Male’s Charms | work = | publisher ="The New York Times " | date =February 7, 2008 | url =http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/07/fashion/07girlfriends.html?_r=1&oref=slogin | format = | doi = | accessdate =2009-04-10 ]External links
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* [http://www.ragtagfilms.net Official website]
* [http://www.weneedgirlfriends.tv/ "We Need Girlfriends" website]References
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