NIV FICHMANNiv Fichman 
Niv Fichman is a founding partner of Rhombus Media, renowned as one of the world’s most respected producers of high quality feature films, television series and films on the performing arts. He has produced most of Rhombus’ output, which now stands at around two hundred films over the past thirty years. He is responsible for several highly renowned feature films, the most recent being the Canadian World War I epic PASSCHENDAELE, written, directed and starring Paul Gross, as well as a feature film adaptation of Nobel Laurieate José Saramago’s book BLINDNESS, written by Don McKellar, directed by the Academy Award nominated Fernando Meirelles and starring Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover and Gael Garcia Bernal. Fichman has previously produced such directors as Francois Girard, Olivier Assayas, Guy Maddin, Don McKellar, Peter Mettler, David Wellington, Peter Wellington, Kevin McMahon, Marc Evans, as well as his partners at Rhombus, Larry Weinstein and Barbara Willis Sweete. Some of Fichman’s best known productions include SILK, THE RED VIOLIN, THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD, SEPTEMBER SONGS, and LAST NIGHT. Away from Rhombus, Niv recently ended an eight-year stint on the Board of the Toronto International Film Festival. He has also received a Doctor of Letters degree (honoris causa) from York University in June, 1998. Most recently, Niv Fichman was named the Canadian Producer of the Year for 2007 by the CFTPA.
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