Company
Cedar Creek Productions was founded in 2008 by Cindy Meehl to create inspiring documentaries. The company is known for known for Buck (2011) and The Dog Doc (2020), Rewind (2019), For the Birds (2018), The River and the Wall (2019), Trapped (2016), Unbranded (2015), Dogs on the Inside (2014). The newest film to premier at Tribeca Film Festival is Fashion Reimagined (2022).
The company has also created an educational series connected with the film Buck called 7 Clinics with Buck Brannaman (2012). Also in 2012, Cedar Creek Productions created a music video for the song “When I get that Pony Rode” by singer/songwriter Templeton Thompson.
Team
Cindy Meehl is an award-winning director and executive producer known for her work in feature film documentaries. She began her film career in 2008 by founding Cedar Creek Productions and starting work on her first feature film, Buck. The documentary, about a sage horse whisperer who helps horses with people problems, marked her directorial debut. It premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the U.S. Documentary Audience Award. Buck went on to receive numerous awards and was shortlisted for the Best Documentary Academy Award. It played in over 600 theaters in the U.S. and many more around the world.
Meehl also directed The Dog Doc (2019), which takes viewers into the world of Dr. Marty Goldstein, a veterinarian known for his unconventional healing practices. The film premiered at Tribeca, earning critical praise and resonating with audiences when it was released in 2020.
Her latest project, Jimmy & The Demons, was recently completed and is set to premiere in 2025.
As an executive producer, Cindy has been involved in a range of critically acclaimed films. These include Fashion Reimagined (dir. Hutner), which premiered at Tribeca in 2022; Rewind (dir. Neulinger), which premiered at Tribeca in 2019 and broadcast on PBS’ Independent Lens. The film was nominated for three Emmys and received a Critics’ Choice Documentary Award nomination. Other notable projects include The River and the Wall (dir. Masters), which won the Louis Black “Lone Star” Award at SXSW; For the Birds (dir. Miron), which premiered at Sheffield Doc Fest and AFI and was nominated for a Critics’ Choice Documentary Award; Trapped (dir. Porter), which won a Special Jury Award at Sundance and a Peabody Award; Unbranded (dir. Baribeau), which won the Audience Award at Hot Docs in 2016; and Dogs on the Inside (dir. Cunningham & Seirup).
Meehl is also an executive producer on Natchez (dir. Herbert), which is currently in its final stages of production for a 2025 release.
Other directing accomplishments include a 10-hour educational series, 7 Clinics with Buck Brannaman, which drew from several hundred hours of Buck footage and won two Telly Awards, as well as a music video for Templeton Thompson’s When I Get That Pony Rode.
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Amy Gilchrist joined Cedar Creek Productions in 2023 as EA.
She is actively involved with the marketing and promotion of all the Cedar Creek Production’s films.