Compy Films

Compy is a film and television production company based in Toronto, founded in 2011 by filmmakers Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson.

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.

We put a great deal of care and intention into every frame, while maintaining our ability to zoom out and see the bigger picture.

Our body of work over the past 13 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, ZDF and Arte
Been named TIFF’s Top 10
Shown at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Released on Crave, Apple TV, iTunes, Prime Video, 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)