Founded in Toronto in 2017 by Nicholas Ewart, Archipelago Productions builds commercials, corporate videos, and social ads for brands operating at a national scale. The studio produced The Return ahead of White Lotus's third season premiere, developed a hero campaign for Houseful's national launch with RBC, created an ad campaign for Ownr's small-business services, and produced a doc-style social campaign around Team Canada's 2022 World Cup appearance.
Work runs from concept development through delivery, with on-staff writers and production designers shaping projects before cameras roll. Production capabilities include 4K resolution shooting, time-lapse, live-streaming, and wardrobe design, while post-production covers editing, colour correction, motion graphic animation, and branding — keeping concepting, filming, and finishing under one roof.
The roster behind these projects carries credits beyond Archipelago's own campaigns. Ewart's portfolio includes work for Google, Netflix, The CBC, Time Magazine, and Shopify. Jana Stackhouse directed the CBC web series Note To Self, which has drawn over 2 million views, and Alex Josselyn co-produced and directed the first episode of CBC Gem's docuseries Devout + Out. Kayla Resendes received the Norman Jewison Award for her short film A Little Different, and Zipporah Yohannes holds a Media Production degree from Toronto Metropolitan University.