---
name: "Niv Fichman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/niv-fichman"
fi1m_id: "niv-fichman"
imdb_id: "nm0275651"
tmdb_id: 4583
wikidata_id: "Q3342247"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T10:47:47.856180+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Niv Fichman

## Identity

Niv Fichman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/niv-fichman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** niv-fichman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0275651
- **TMDB ID:** 4583
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3342247
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niv_Fichman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3342247, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0275651/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4583

Producer. Born 1 January 1958 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1958, Tel Aviv, Israel
- **Active:** 2023–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niv_Fichman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3342247, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0275651/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4583

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*BlackBerry*](https://film.one/film/blackberry.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Niv Fichman is an Israeli-Canadian film and television producer. He founded Rhombus Media in Toronto in 1979 while studying at York University, initially with Barbara Willis Sweete, and the company has since produced numerous feature films and arts programmes.

He has produced films including *The Red Violin* (1998), *Enemy* (2014), *Possessor* (2020) and *BlackBerry* (2023). Fichman has won multiple Canadian Screen Awards and Genie Awards for Best Motion Picture, including for *BlackBerry* in 2024. In 2026 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, rhombusmedia.com, screendaily.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Sympathizer* (2024), Fi1m 72, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sympathizer.md)
- *BlackBerry* (2023), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/blackberry.md)

## Complete filmography (66)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mile End Kicks* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Honey Bunch* (2026), Executive Producer
- *The Mother and the Bear* (2026), Producer
- *Still Single* (2025), Producer
- *Seven Veils* (2025), Producer
- *Mother Mother* (2024), Executive Producer
- *The Sympathizer* (2024), series, Executive Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sympathizer.md)
- *BlackBerry* (2023), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/blackberry.md)
- *The North Water* (2021), series, Executive Producer
- *Possessor* (2020), Producer
- *Disappearance at Clifton Hill* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Hammer* (2019), Executive Producer
- *The Man Who Invented Christmas* (2017), Producer
- *Michael: Every Day* (2017), series, Producer
- *Closet Monster* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Into the Forest* (2016), Producer
- *The Devil's Horn* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Zoom* (2016), Producer
- *Hyena Road* (2015), Producer
- *The Forbidden Room* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton* (2015), Producer
- *Enemy* (2014), Producer
- *Treading Water* (2013), Producer
- *Antiviral* (2012), Producer
- *More Blood, More Heart: The Making of Hobo with a Shotgun* (2011), Actor
- *Hobo with a Shotgun* (2011), Producer
- *The Camera and Christopher Merk* (2010), Executive Producer
- *Gunless* (2010), Producer
- *Passchendaele* (2008), Producer
- *The Young Romantic* (2008), Producer
- *Blindness* (2008), as Israeli Scientist · Producer
- *Silk* (2007), Producer
- *My Dad Is 100 Years Old* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Snow Cake* (2006), Producer
- *Burnt Toast* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Childstar* (2004), as Audience Member (uncredited) · Producer
- *Clean* (2004), Producer
- *Sissy-Boy Slap-Party* (2004), Executive Producer
- *Slings & Arrows* (2003), series, Producer, Executive Producer
- *The Saddest Music in the World* (2003), Producer
- *Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen* (2002), Producer
- *Ravel's Brain* (2001), Producer
- *The Heart of the World* (2000), Executive Producer
- *This Might Be Good* (2000), Executive Producer
- *Camera* (2000), Executive Producer
- *Congratulations* (2000), Executive Producer
- *The Red Violin* (1998), Producer
- *Last Night* (1998), Producer
- *Struggle for Hope* (1997), Director
- *Sarabande* (1997), Producer
- *Falling Down Stairs* (1997), Producer
- *Bach Cello Suite #2: The Sound of the Carceri* (1997), Producer
- *Bach Cello Suite #1: The Music Garden* (1997), Producer
- *Long Day's Journey Into Night* (1996), Producer
- *Satie and Suzanne* (1996), Executive Producer
- *September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill* (1994), Producer
- *Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould* (1993), Producer
- *Calendar* (1993), Thanks
- *Fanfares* (1993), Associate Producer
- *Tectonic Plates* (1992), Producer
- *The Top of His Head* (1989), Producer
- *Ravel* (1987), Producer
- *Pitchmen* (1985), Editor
- *Zivjeli! To Life!* (1982), Writer, Producer
- *John Wyre: Drawing on Sound*, Director, Producer
- *Child's Play*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Accomplished Canadian producer (Passchendaele, The Red Violin) and founding partner of Rhombus Media, Niv Fichman, visited VFS for a Q&A session with Writin (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/715666/gallery-a01c4fd9a30a.jpg) Accomplished Canadian producer (Passchendaele, The Red Violin) and founding partner of Rhombus Media, Niv Fichman, visited VFS for a Q&A session with Writin (2010) — Vancouver Film School, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/%27Blindness%27_Producer_Niv_Fichman_%284543264781%29.jpg/1280px-%27Blindness%27_Producer_Niv_Fichman_%284543264781%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Accomplished Canadian producer (Passchendaele, The Red Violin) and founding partner of Rhombus Media, Niv Fichman, visited VFS for a Q&A session with Writin (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/715666/gallery-afe270b45182.jpg) Accomplished Canadian producer (Passchendaele, The Red Violin) and founding partner of Rhombus Media, Niv Fichman, visited VFS for a Q&A session with Writin (2010) — Vancouver Film School, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Canadian_Producer_Niv_Fichman_and_VFS_Writing_Instructor_Kat_Montagu_%284543897998%29.jpg/1280px-Canadian_Producer_Niv_Fichman_and_VFS_Writing_Instructor_Kat_Montagu_%284543897998%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Niv Fichman](https://film.one/media/person/715666/gallery-fc82016b63d2.jpg) Niv Fichman — Robert Thivierge (User:Thivierr), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Niv_Fichman_interview_with_CJSW.JPG/1280px-Niv_Fichman_interview_with_CJSW.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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