Compy is a creative-led film and television production company based in Toronto, founded in 2010 by filmmakers Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson.

“Compy” is the short form for Compsognathus Iongipes - a chicken-sized dinosaur that walked the earth during the late Jurassic period. Small but mighty, compies were extremely agile and not to be underestimated. Working in packs, they could take down large prey.

We create award-winning, ambitious, thought-provoking, and nuanced productions that transcend borders. Our work culture, documentary roots, agility, scalability, and demonstrated 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 engine room of a decaying ship, Philippine sugar mills and the front lines of Nigeria’s energy crisis.

Our body of work over the past 15 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)

Our founders are repped by Great North Artists in Toronto and Echo Lake Entertainment in Los Angeles.