Rhombus Media is a film and television production company formed in 1978 at the York University Film Department by Barbara Willis Sweete and Niv Fichman, and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Larry Weinstein joined soon after. Rhombus Media developed a reputation for producing high-quality, lush art films focusing on music, theatre, and dance.[1] The company has received many national and international awards for their work, including several Emmys: one for Le Dortoir in 1990,[2] one for Canadian Brass: Home Movies in 1992, and one win in 1993 for an episode of the Channel 4 Series Concerto, featuring Aaron Copland.[3] They have also won numerous Genie Awards, including Best Motion Picture in 1993 for Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould[4] and for The Red Violin in 1999.[5]The Red Violin also garnered an Oscar for best original score by John Corigliano in 2000.[6] Rhombus also produced the award-winning television series Slings & Arrows[7] and Sensitive Skin.[8]
