Angel Acevedo is an American filmmaker.

Biography

Acevedo attended Hofstra University

Hofstra University

Hofstra University is a private, nonsectarian institution of higher learning located in the Village of Hempstead, New York, United States, about east of New York City: less than an hour away by train or car...

 where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Film Studies and Production and won Best Screenplay for his thesis film Cheesecake. While at Hofstra, he met Brian Amyot

Brian Amyot

Brian Amyot is an American producer and director, most known for his work with the internet sitcom We Need Girlfriends. He has also done work for several short films. He was born and raised in Liverpool, New York and graduated from Cicero-North Syracuse High School in 2000. He earned his...

 and Steven Tsapelas

Steven Tsapelas

Steven Tsapelas is an American writer and filmmaker best known for his work on the popular webseries We Need Girlfriends- Early life :Steven Tsapelas was born in Queens, New York on March 8th, 1981. After graduating from Bethpage High School in 1999, Tsapelas enrolled at Hofstra University as a...

 and in 2004, they formed Ragtag Productions

Ragtag Productions

Ragtag Productions is an American award-winning independent film and video production company based in Astoria, Queens. They are noted for the web comedy series We Need Girlfriends that ran in 2006-2007. The company entered into discussions with CBS about turning We Need Girlfriends into a...

.

Acevedo is one of the driving forces behind We Need Girlfriends

We Need Girlfriends

-Background:The series was created by Steven Tsapelas, filmed by Angel Acevedo, and mostly directed by Brian Amyot. It was produced by their Astoria, New York based film production company Ragtag Productions....

series, filming most of the scenes and the character of Rod is loosely based on him.

External links

• The official Ragtag Production website
• The official We Need Girlfriends website