Compy is a film and television production company based in Toronto, founded in 2011 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 (and in Jurassic Park, large people).

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 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, 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 were recently selected to grow our business with the Hot Docs Incubator, the Canadian Creative Accelerator, Ontario Creates’ Global Market Development Program, and BANFF Spark Accelerator.