Virgin Produced

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Virgin Produced, LLC
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Motion picture and television
FoundedAugust 2010 (2010-08), Los Angeles, California
Headquarters,
USA
Key people
Jason Felts (CEO)
Justin Berfield (CCO)
Products TV production
Film production
Parent Virgin
Website www.virginproduced.com

Virgin Produced is the film and television production unit of Virgin Group. Based in Santa Monica, California, [1] [2] it was founded by former J2 Pictures producers Jason Felts and Justin Berfield. Its projects include Limitless , Movie 43 and Jobs .

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History

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CEO Jason Felts

Virgin Produced was founded in 2010 in Los Angeles, California [3] as the film and television development, packaging and production arm of Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group. The CEO of Virgin Produced is Jason Felts, [4] and the CCO is Justin Berfield. [5] In April 2012, Virgin Produced launched its own digital network, the Virgin Produced Channel, with programming of lifestyle, music, travel, technology and comedy content available on Virgin America. [6] In 2013, Virgin Produced launched Virgin Produced India, which develops, packages, produces and distributes film and television content in Bollywood. [7]

Filmography

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