Pull-Start Pictures

Pull-Start Pictures is a Maine-based documentary production company. We have worked for the New York Times, Ford Foundation, and many Maine organizations.

Our independent work has been supported by IFP Spotlight, Sundance Institute, LEF Foundation, Chicken & Egg, Working Films, and the Maine Community Foundation.

Cecily Pingree

Cecily is a director, producer, and cinematographer of non-fiction films. She began her film career with Big Mouth Productions in New York City in 2004. Cecily has worked all over the world covering a wide variety of environmental, social, and humanitarian topics. She was invited to participate in the Sundance Creative Producer Labs and was the recipient of the Maine Arts Commission’s Media and Performing Arts Fellowship.

Jason Mann

Jason co-produced & co-directed "Betting The Farm," a feature documentary about struggling Maine dairy farmers, which premiered at the AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Film Festival. He was director of photography and co-producer of "Lost Souls (Animas Perdidas)," which aired nationally on Independent Lens. Jason lives in Maine with his wife, two crazy kids, and cantankerous black Lab.

Lindsay Steven Mann

As a director, cinematographer, and editor, Lindsay has worked with The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone Magazine, and PBS. He has filmed Bruce Springsteen in Asbury Park, operated for Haskell Wexler, ASC., and assisted on Martin Scorsese's "Shine a Light." Lindsay studied film at Boston University. He lives and works in Portland, ME and Brooklyn, NY with his wife and daughter.

Pull-Start Pictures
PO Box 364
North Haven, ME 04853
phone: (207) 613-4066
email: info@pull-start.com

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