An internationally-renowned
production COMPANY based in
toronto, canada.
Founded by Niv Fichman in 1979, Rhombus Media is a Toronto-based production company that over the past 46 years created and released over 200 feature films and TV projects, receiving countless awards including numerous Canadian Screen Awards, several Primetime Emmy Awards and an Academy Award.
The company is built around a mandate to create compelling, filmmaker-driven stories that resonate globally, with a particular emphasis on prominently placing Canadian stories in the international marketplace. Rhombus is committed to producing high-quality content that showcases diverse perspectives, while also collaborating with top level actors and filmmakers from around the globe to push the boundaries of storytelling and at the same time reach a sizeable mainstream audience.
Some of the company’s more notable recent films include Matt Johnson’s critically acclaimed BlackBerry, starring Jay Baruchel & Glenn Howerton; and Brandon Cronenberg’s Possessor, starring Andrea Riseborough & Christopher Abbott. Selected earlier films include Francois Girard’s The Red Violin, starring Samuel L. Jackson; Denis Villeneuve’s Enemy, starring Jake Gyllenhaal; Fernando Meirelles’ Blindness, starring Julianne Moore & Mark Ruffalo; and Patricia Rozema’s Into The Forest, starring Elliot Page.
Rhombus’ recent production Seven Veils, written and directed by Atom Egoyan and starring Amanda Seyfried, received its world premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, followed by a Special Gala at the 2024 Berlin Film Festival. Rhombus’ latest film Still Single recently had its world premiere at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. The film is an intimate documentary portrait directed by Jamal Burger and Jukan Tateisi, offering a rare glimpse into the rarefied hip-hop world of renowned sushi chef Masaki Saito, Canada’s first Michelin two-star chef.
For television, Rhombus recently released The Sympathizer, a co-production with A24 and Team Downey for HBO (seen in Canada on Crave). The 7-part series is based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen, was directed by Park Chan-wook and stars Hoa Xuande, Robert Downey Jr. & Sandra Oh. Rhombus also co-produced Andrew Haigh’s The North Water with See-Saw Films in the UK. Starring Colin Farrell & Jack O’Connell, the series was released in 2021 by BBC Two in the UK, CBC in Canada and AMC+ in the US.
HISTORY
Rhombus Media was founded in 1979 at York University’s Film Department, when Niv Fichman and Barbara Willis Sweete created Opus One, Number One, a documentary short that established the company’s musical direction. Larry Weinstein joined the team shortly after, and in 1985, the trio received their first Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Short for Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra. In the years that followed, Fichman, Sweete, and Weinstein produced and directed numerous performance films and documentaries, earning widespread international acclaim for their works, including Yo-Yo Ma: Inspired by Bach, The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin, The Planets, September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill, Elizabeth Rex, Pictures on the Edge, Le Dortoir and Concerto.
In 1993, François Girard’s critically celebrated Thirty-Two Short Films About Glenn Gould marked a pivotal turning point for the company, blending its performing arts roots with a more dramatic storytelling approach.
A few years later, Rhombus solidified its foray into feature filmmaking with Girard’s follow up film The Red Violin, which earned the company its first Academy Award for Best Original Score. Both films were also recipients of the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture.
Rhombus is now a leading producer of narrative feature films and television series, both in Canada and internationally. Our films have consistently premiered at top-tier festivals around the globe, including Cannes, Sundance, Berlinale, Venice, and TIFF, and have garnered numerous awards at these and other festivals worldwide. Our television work has also earned numerous accolades, including several Emmy Awards and nominations, and has reached audiences around the world.
In 2016, Sweete and Weinstein amicably departed Rhombus, leaving Fichman to lead the company until now.
RHOMBUS TEAM
NIV FICHMAN
PRODUCER & FOUNDER
Niv Fichman is a veteran independent film and television producer and founder of Rhombus Media, one of Canada’s preeminent production companies specializing in theatrical feature films, high-end television drama and performing arts programmes. Over the past 45 years, Rhombus projects have been screened all over the world, received much critical acclaim and garnered countless awards, including numerous Canadian Screen Awards (formerly Genies and Geminis) as well as a number of Primetime Emmys and an Academy Award.
Mr. Fichman has produced feature films by such renowned international directors as Denis Villeneuve, Olivier Assayas, Fernando Meirelles, Atom Egoyan, François Girard, Guy Maddin, Patricia Rozema, Brandon Cronenberg and Don McKellar. Notable past films include The Red Violin, Last Night, Clean, Thirty Two Short Films about Glenn Gould, The Saddest Music in the World, Enemy, Possessor, Blindness and more recently Seven Veils, directed by Atom Egoyan and starring Amanda Seyfried, which premiered at TIFF, 2023 and the Berlinale, 2024. In addition, the much-acclaimed BlackBerry was released worldwide in 2023 and was recently nominated for a record-breaking 17 Canadian Screen Awards and coming away with 14 wins.
On April 14th 2024, the highly anticipated 7-part series, The Sympathizer, a Rhombus Media co-production with A24, premiered on HBO and CRAVE. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, the series is directed by the renowned Park-Chan-wook, Fernando Meirelles and Marc Munden and stars Hoa Xuande, Sandra Oh and Robert Downey Jr, who received an Emmy nomination.
fraser ash
producer
Fraser Ash is a producer of feature films, television series, and documentaries.
Feature film credits include The Mother And The Bear (2024), directed by Johnny Ma; Blackberry (2023), directed by Matt Johnson; Seven Veils (2023), directed by Atom Egoyan; Possessor (2020), directed by Brandon Cronenberg; Disappearance At Clifton Hill (2019), directed by Albert Shin; Into The Forest (2015) directed by Patricia Rozema; and Enemy (2013), directed by Denis Villeneuve. Fraser was supervising producer for the documentary feature films The Devil’s Horn (2016) and Our Man In Tehran (2013), both directed by Larry Weinstein.
For television, Fraser is co-executive producer of the HBO series The Sympathizer, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Sandra Oh. The series is directed by Park Chan-wook, Fernando Meirelles and Marc Munden. Fraser was co-executive producer of the BBC/CBC dramatic series The North Water (2021), directed by Andrew Haigh; co-producer of the CBC comedy series Michael: Every Day (2017); and co-producer of the series Sensitive Skin (2014-2016).
Fraser is a graduate of Queen’s University where he studied philosophy and film studies, spending his third year at the University of Edinburgh. In 2013, Fraser obtained the Osgoode Certificate in Entertainment Law. In September 2019, he was a joint recipient of the Canadian Media Producers’ Association (CMPA) Kevin Tierney Award for Emerging Producers.
Kevin krikst
Producer
Kevin Krikst is an award-winning producer at Rhombus Media, one of Canada’s leading film and television companies. With nearly two decades of experience across more than 50 productions, his work spans Canadian and international co-productions as well as the American studio system.
Since joining Rhombus in 2007, he has collaborated with internationally acclaimed filmmakers including Denis Villeneuve, Park Chan-wook, Fernando Meirelles, Andrew Haigh, and Atom Egoyan.
Recent credits include Still Single (dir. Jamal Burger / Jukan Tateisi – TIFF 2025), Seven Veils (dir. Atom Egoyan – Berlinale 2024), BlackBerry (dir. Matt Johnson – Berlinale 2023, winner of 14 Canadian Screen Awards including Best Motion Picture), and Possessor (dir. Brandon Cronenberg – Sundance 2020).
For television, Kevin was Co-Executive Producer on HBO’s The Sympathizer (starring Hoa Xuande, Robert Downey Jr., and Sandra Oh) and BBC’s The North Water (starring Colin Farrell and Jack O’Connell).
In 2019, he received the Kevin Tierney Emerging Producer Award from the Canadian Media Producers Association and, in 2025, joined the Board of Directors of the Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival.