About
Compy is a creative-led production company based in Toronto, founded in 2010 by filmmakers Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson.
We create award-winning, ambitious, and thought-provoking film and television that transcends borders.
Our work culture, documentary roots, agility, and audience-engagement prowess set us apart.
Our scripted and unscripted work has taken us to the Hawaiian coastline, the ski slopes of Davos, a Cold War bunker, the Sonoran Desert, Philippine sugar mills and the front lines of Nigeria’s energy crisis.
Compy’s body of work over the past 16 years includes the TIFF breakout hit SCARBOROUGH, adapted from the novel by Catherine Hernandez, and the Oscar-shortlisted FRAME 394.
Our work has:
- Screened at festivals worldwide
- Aired on the BBC, CBC, TVO, Knowledge Network, ZDF and Arte
- Made TIFF's annual Top 10 list twice
- Been distributed by levelFILM and EyeSteelFilm, and sold by Together Films
- Been supported by the Ford Foundation, Field of Vision, Gold House, Canada Media Fund, Telefilm Canada, Ontario Creates, Hot Docs Funds, Reel Asian, TIFF, Toronto Arts Council, and Panavision.
- Presented at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
- Released on Crave, Apple TV, iTunes, Prime Video, Tubi, Kanopy and Paramount+
- Gone viral and been awarded Vimeo Staff Pick and Short of the Week
- Nominated for 17 Canadian Screen Awards, with 8 wins including Best Picture
- Shortlisted for an Academy Award (Oscar)
We are repped by Echo Lake Entertainment in Los Angeles.
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