Skywild Acquires Rhombus Media
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Skywild Acquires Rhombus Media — NEWS —
About Skywild
Creative excellence and enterprising vision are the foundations of Skywild Pictures. Based in Toronto, Skywild develops premium scripted television and film, with bold voices and compelling IP driving captivating narratives for audiences worldwide.
Founded in 2025 by CEO Angela Jennings and Executive Chair Travis Farncombe, Skywild combines decades of experience in content creation, production, financing, and business leadership. Across television and film, its slate is singular, diverse and undeniable — shaped with the industry's top talent for a competitive global market.
In a rapidly evolving entertainment landscape, Skywild pairs exceptional stability with strategic agility and artistic ambition — a balance that sets it apart. Collaboration, innovation, and a commitment to must-watch storytelling remain at the heart of everything we do.
Our Team
Travis Farncombe
Executive Chair
As Executive Chair and founding partner of Skywild Pictures, Travis sets a bold vision for storytelling through exceptional creative content, and establishes the capacity to execute with excellence. Travis is a writer, producer and executive producer and believes in the power of television and film to delight, transform and transport us.
Angela Jennings
Chief Executive Officer
As CEO and founding partner of Skywild Pictures, Angela leads the company’s corporate strategy, growth and operations, including corporate development, stakeholder relations, strategic partnerships, finance and business affairs.
A media executive and company builder with more than 25 years of experience, Angela has built and led independent production companies through significant periods of growth and change, developing high-performing teams and enduring relationships with creative talent, broadcasters, streamers, financiers and industry partners in Canada and internationally.
Over the course of her career, Angela has produced more than 700 hours of programming for leading broadcasters and streaming platforms, with her work distributed in more than 100 countries worldwide. At Skywild, she is focused on building the team, infrastructure and partnerships required to scale an ambitious independent film and television company with global reach.
Natalie Urquhart
Vice-President, Content
Natalie Urquhart is the Vice-President, Content at SkyWild Pictures, where she oversees the company’s scripted slate and leads the identification and acquisition of market-aligned IP. With over 15 years of industry experience, Natalie focuses on developing bold, high-concept features and series that bridge the gap between creative vision and commercial viability.
Previously, she spent six years as Director of Development at Wildling Pictures, where her credits included the CSA-winning Suze and TIFF 2024 selections Paying For It and Young
Werther. Her background also includes serving as Associate Producer on the hit series Suits, alongside development roles at Amaze Film + Television and Blue Ant Media.
An alumna of the CFC Producers Lab and USC, Natalie holds an Osgoode Certificate in Entertainment Law, bringing a unique blend of creative and business expertise to her role at SkyWild.
Olivia Tharme
Director of Development
As Director of Development at Skywild Pictures, Olivia is responsible for scouting and packaging the company’s premium slate, while fostering collaborative relationships with writers and industry professionals.
Previously, she held roles at legacy Canadian media companies eOne, Lionsgate, and Rogers Sports & Media. With a background rooted in both the craft and the theory of storytelling, Olivia holds a BFA in classical performance and a MA Media Production from Toronto Metropolitan University. Her graduate work in comedy development and television scholarship provides a specialized framework for her work as a creative producer.
Rhombus Media
Niv Fichman, O.C.
Founder & Lead Producer
Niv Fichman is a veteran independent film and television producer and founder of Rhombus Media, one of Canada’s preeminent production companies specializing in theatrical feature films and high-end television drama. Since founding the company in 1979, Niv has worked with such renowned directors as Matt Johnson, Park Chan-wook, Denis Villeneuve, Olivier Assayas, Fernando Meirelles, Andrew Haigh, Atom Egoyan, Brandon Cronenberg, François Girard, Guy Maddin, Patricia Rozema, and Don McKellar. Rhombus films and television projects have screened all over the world, received much critical acclaim and numerous awards, including over 100 Canadian Screen Awards, a number of Primetime and International Emmys and an Academy Award.
In 2026 Niv was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada.
Fraser Ash
Senior Vice-President, Content
As Senior Vice-President, Content, Fraser leads creative and business strategy across the company’s slate of film and television projects.
Since 2010 Fraser served has served as a producer Rhombus Media. During this time he has produced dozens of feature films, television series and documentaries which have garnered numerous awards and played festivals around the world including Cannes, Sundance and Berlin. Recent feature film credits include Still Single (2025); The Mother and the Bear (2024); Blackberry (2023); Seven Veils (2023); and Possessor (2020). In television, Fraser is co-executive producer of the HBO/A24 series The Sympathizer (2024) and the BBC/CBC dramatic series The North Water (2021). Fraser is a graduate of Queen’s University where he studied philosophy and film studies, spending his third year at the University of Edinburgh. In 2013, Fraser obtained the Osgoode Certificate in Entertainment Law. In September 2019, he was a joint recipient of the Canadian Media Producers’ Association (CMPA) Kevin Tierney Award for Emerging Producers.
Kevin Krikst
Vice-President, Production
Kevin is the Vice-President, Production at Rhombus Media, overseeing the company’s film and television projects from advanced development through delivery. An award-winning producer, he brings 20 years of experience across more than 50 productions, spanning Canadian and international treaty co-productions as well as the American studio system.
Selected producing credits include BlackBerry (Berlinale 2023, winner of 14 Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Motion Picture), The Sympathizer (HBO limited series), The North Water (BBC Two, CBC and AMC+ limited series), Seven Veils(TIFF 2023, Berlinale 2024), Possessor (Sundance 2020), and Closet Monster (TIFF 2015, winner of Best Canadian Feature Film). Kevin was the co-recipient of the CMPA’s Kevin Tierney Emerging Producer Award in 2019 and was nominated for its Established Producer Award in 2023.
His work includes collaborations with renowned filmmakers such as Denis Villeneuve, Park Chan-wook, Andrew Haigh, Fernando Meirelles, and Atom Egoyan, and he currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival.
General inquiries: info@skywildpictures.com
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