Rhombus Media is a film and television production company formed in 1978 at the

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Film Department by

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and

Niv Fichman Niv Fichman ( he, ניב פיכמן; born 1958) is an Israeli Canadian, Israeli-Canadian film producer, actor and director. Some of the films he has produced include ''Passchendaele (film), Passchendaele'', ''Blindness (2008 film), Blindness'', ...

, and based in

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, Ontario, Canada.

Larry Weinstein Larry Weinstein (born 1956) is a Canadian film director of theatrical and television documentaries, performance films, and dramas. The majority of his films centre on musical subjects and the depiction of the creative process, while his other sub ...

joined soon after. Rhombus Media developed a reputation for producing high-quality, lush art films focusing on music, theatre, and dance. The company has received many national and international awards for their work, including several

Emmys The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...

: one for ''Le Dortoir'' in 1990, one for ''Canadian Brass: Home Movies'' in 1992, and one win in 1993 for an episode of the Channel 4 Series ''Concerto'', featuring

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. They have also won numerous

Genie Awards The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for scu ...

, including Best Motion Picture in 1993 for ''

Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould ''Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould'' is a 1993 Canadian biographical anthology film about the pianist Glenn Gould, played by Colm Feore. It was directed by François Girard, with a screenplay by Girard and Don McKellar. The film is present ...

'' and for ''

The Red Violin ''The Red Violin'' (french: Le Violon Rouge) is a 1998 drama film directed by François Girard and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Carlo Cecchi and Sylvia Chang. It spans four centuries and five countries as it tells the story of a mysterious red-col ...

'' in 1999. ''The Red Violin'' also garnered an Oscar for best original score by

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in 2000. Rhombus also produced the award-winning television series ''

Slings & Arrows ''Slings & Arrows'' is a Canadian television series set at the fictional New Burbage Festival, a Shakespearean festival similar to the real-world Stratford Festival. It stars Paul Gross, Stephen Ouimette and Martha Burns. Rachel McAdams appeared ...

'' and ''

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''.

Films

* '' Zivjeli! To Life!'' (1982) * ''All That Bach'' (1985) * ''The Magnificat'' (1985) * ''Blue Snake'' (1986) * ''Ravel'' (1987) * ''World Drums'' (1987) * ''

The Top of His Head ''The Top of His Head'' is a 1989 Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Mettler. The film stars starring Stephen Ouimette as Gus, a satellite dish salesman whose life is turned upside down when he meets Lucy (Christie MacFadye ...

'' (1989) * ''A Moving Picture'' (1989) * ''Carnival of Shadows'' (1989) * ''For the Whales'' (1989) * ''The Radical Romantic:

John Weinzweig John Jacob Weinzweig, (March 11, 1913 – August 24, 2006) was a Canadian composer of classical music. Weinzweig was born in Toronto. He went to Harbord Collegiate Institute, and studied music at the university. In 1937, he left for the United ...

'' (1990) * ''When the Fire Burns: The Life and Music of

Manuel de Falla Manuel de Falla y Matheu (, 23 November 187614 November 1946) was an Andalusian Spanish composer and pianist. Along with Isaac Albéniz, Francisco Tárrega, and Enrique Granados, he was one of Spain's most important musicians of the first hal ...

'' (1991) * ''My War Years:

Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (, ; ; 13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian-American composer, music theorist, teacher, writer, and painter. He is widely considered one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. He was as ...

'' (1992) * ''Tectonic Plates'' (1992) * ''

'' (1993) * ''Concierto de Aranjuez'' (1993) * ''Great Performances:

September Songs – The Music of Kurt Weill ''September Songs – The Music of Kurt Weill'' is a music video of 94 minutes recorded on VHS in 1994 for Rhombus Media, ZDF (Germany), CBC (Canada) and RTP (Portugal). It was produced and directed by Larry Weinstein, and written by Weinstein ...

'' (1994) * ''Satie and Suzanne'' (1994) * ''

Great Performances ''Great Performances'' is a television anthology series dedicated to the performing arts; the banner has been used to televise theatrical performances such as plays, musicals, opera, ballet, concerts, as well as occasional documentaries. It is pr ...

: Long Day's Journey into Night'' (1995) * ''Solidarity Song: The

Hanns Eisler Hanns Eisler (6 July 1898 – 6 September 1962) was an Austrian composer (his father was Austrian, and Eisler fought in a Hungarian regiment in World War I). He is best known for composing the national anthem of East Germany, for his long artisti ...

Story'' (1995) * ''A Tale of Tanglewood'' (1997) * ''Hong Kong Symphony'' (1997) * '' The War Symphonies: Shostakovich Against Stalin'' (1997) * ''

'' (1998) * '' Last Night'' (1998) * ''QSW: The Rebel Zone'' (2001) * ''Ravel's Brain'' (2001) * ''The Lanza Sessions'' (2001) * ''Tuscan Skies ~

Andrea Bocelli Andrea Bocelli (; born 22 September 1958) is an Italian tenor and multi-instrumentalist. He was born visually impaired, with congenital glaucoma, and at the age of 12, Bocelli became completely blind, following a brain hemorrhage resulting fro ...

'' (2001) * ''

Perfect Pie ''Perfect Pie'' is a play written by Judith Thompson, and first staged at Toronto's Tarragon Theatre in 2000, with Judith Thompson also directing. The assistant director for the original production was Caroline Azar. The original cast starred Nancy ...

'' (2002) * '' Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen'' (2002) * ''An Idea of Canada'' (2003) * ''The Firebird'' (2003) * ''

The Saddest Music in the World ''The Saddest Music in the World'' is a 2003 Canadian film directed by Guy Maddin. Budgeted at $3.8-million and shot over 24 days, the film marks Maddin's first collaboration with actor Isabella Rossellini. Maddin and co-screenwriter George Toles ...

'' (2003) * ''

Childstar ''Childstar'' is a 2004 Canadian comedy film directed and co-written by Don McKellar, and starring McKellar, Peter Paige, Gil Bellows, Mark Rendall, Michael Murphy (actor), Michael Murphy, with Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Alan Thicke. It premiered a ...

'' (2004) * ''Elizabeth Rex'' (2004) * '' Clean'' (2004) * ''Burnt Toast'' (2005) * ''Five Days in September: The Rebirth of an Orchestra'' (2005) * ''Beethoven's Hair'' (2005) * ''

Glenn Gould Glenn Herbert Gould (; né Gold; September 25, 1932October 4, 1982) was a Canadian classical pianist. He was one of the most famous and celebrated pianists of the 20th century, and was renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard works of Johann ...

: Hereafter'' (2006) * ''

Snow Cake ''Snow Cake'' is a 2006 British/Canadian indie romantic comedy drama film directed by Marc Evans and starring Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, Carrie-Anne Moss, Emily Hampshire and Callum Keith Rennie. It was released on 8 September 2006 in the Un ...

'' (2006) * ''Mozartballs'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2007) * ''The Young Romantic'' (2008) (documentary about pianist

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) * '' Passchendaele'' (2008) * ''

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'' (2008) * ''

Inside Hana's Suitcase ''Inside Hana's Suitcase'' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Larry Weinstein and released in 2009. Adapted in part from Karen Levine's book ''Hana's Suitcase'', the film centres on the story of Hana Brady, a young Czechoslovak Jewish gi ...

'' (2009) * ''

Gunless ''Gunless'' is a 2010 Canadian Western comedy film directed by William Phillips and released by Alliance Films. Plot In 1878, a hardened American gunfighter arrives in a small town in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, a place that doesn't ...

'' (2010) * ''

This Movie Is Broken ''This Movie Is Broken'' is a 2010 Canadian film directed by Bruce McDonald (director), Bruce McDonald. A cross between a romantic comedy and a concert film, the film stars Greg Calderone as Bruno, a young man hoping to convince his longtime crush ...

'' (2010) * '' Mulroney: The Opera'' (2011) * ''

Hobo with a Shotgun ''Hobo with a Shotgun'' is a 2011 exploitation action black comedy film directed by Jason Eisener, written by John Davies, from a story by Eisener, and starring Rutger Hauer. It is based on a faux- trailer of the same title featured in the Quentin ...

'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2012) * ''

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'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2013) * ''

Our Man in Tehran ''Our Man in Tehran'' is a 2013 Canadian documentary film, profiling the role of Kenneth D. Taylor, Canada's ambassador to Iran in the 1970s, in helping six American hostages escape from Iran during the Iran hostage crisis of 1979-1980 by enginee ...

'' (2013) * ''

Hyena Road ''Hyena Road'' is a 2015 Canadian war drama film written, directed by and starring Paul Gross. It was shown in the Gala Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was shown on 24 September 2015, at the Calga ...

'' (2015) * '' Closet Monster'' (2015) * ''

Into the Forest ''Into the Forest'' is a 2015 Canadian apocalyptic independent drama film, written and directed by Patricia Rozema, based on the 1996 Jean Hegland book and starring Elliot Page and Evan Rachel Wood as orphaned survivalist sisters in a forest wi ...

'' (2015) * ''Zoom'' (2015) * ''Saigon Bodyguards'' (2016) * ''The Devil's Horn'' (2016) * '' The Man Who Invented Christmas'' (2017) * '' Possessor'' (2020)

Short films

* ''Music for Wilderness Lake'' (1980) * '' Making Overtures: The Story of a Community Orchestra'' (1984) * ''Inner Rhythm'' (1986) * ''Eternal Earth'' (1987) * ''Harry in Wonderland'' (1990) * ''Noches on los jardines de Espana'' (1990) * ''

John Wyre John Harvey Wyre (17 May 1941 – 31 October 2006) was a United States, U.S.-born Canadians, Canadian percussionist, composer, and music educator. He worked as percussionist with a number of important orchestras in North America, notably serving f ...

: Drawing on Sound'' (1991) * ''Nights in the Gardens of Spain'' (1992) * ''Fanfares'' (1994) * ''Legs Apart'' (2000) * ''Toothpaste'' (2002) * ''Burnt Toast: The Perfect Moment'' (2004) * ''Burnt Toast: The Traffic Jam'' (2004) * ''Burnt Toast: Choo-Choo and You Too'' (2005) * ''Burnt Toast: The Argument'' (2005) * ''The Devil's Delight'' (2010) * ''The Lost Therapy Tapes'' (2011) * ''Follow'' (2012) * ''Method'' (2013)

Television

* ''Bach Cello Suite'' (aka ''

Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma (''Chinese'': 馬友友 ''Ma Yo Yo''; born October 7, 1955) is an American cellist. Born in Paris to Chinese parents and educated in New York City, he was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. He graduated from ...

Inspired by Bach Inspired by Bach, a part of ''Sony Classical celebrates Bach'', presented the contemporary cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing the six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, in a series of six films, each showing a collaboration with ...

'' (1997) ** ''Bach Cello Suite #1: The Music Gallery'' ** ''Bach Cello Suite #2: The Sound of Carceri'' ** ''Bach Cello Suite #3: Falling Down Stairs'' ** ''Bach Cello Suite #4: Sarabande'' ** ''Bach Cello Suite #5: Struggle for Hope'' ** ''Bach Cello Suite #6: Six Gestures'' * ''Foreign Objects (TV series) , Foreign Objects'' (2000) * ''

'' (2003–2006) * '' Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays'' (2011) * ''

'' (2014–2015)

References

External links

*
Rhombus Media Ltd. fonds (F0118)
(film elements and production files) held at the

Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections Clara Thomas (née McCandless; May 22, 1919 – September 26, 2013) was a Canadian academic. A longtime professor of English at York University, she was one of the first academics to devote her work specifically to the study of Canadian literatur ...

York University Libraries York University Libraries (YUL) is the library system of York University in Toronto, Ontario. The four main libraries and one archives contain more than 2,500,000 volumes. History The first York library opened in 1961 at Glendon College and ...

, Toronto, Canada {{Authority control Companies based in Toronto Mass media companies established in 1978 Film production companies of Canada Television production companies of Canada 1978 establishments in Ontario