Roman Kroitor

Known for ProductionBorn 1926-12-12Died 2012-09-16Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada

Roman Kroitor (December 12, 1926 – September 17, 2012) was a Canadian filmmaker who was known as a pioneer of Cinéma vérité, as the co-founder of IMAX, and as the creator of the Sandde hand-drawn stereoscopic 3D animation system. He was also the original inspiration for The Force. His prodigious output garnered numerous awards, including two BAFTA Awards, three Cannes Film Festival awards, and two Oscar nominations. Roman Boghdan Kroitor was born in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, to Ukrainian immigrants Peter and Tatiana (Shewchuk), both of whom were teachers. Peter died when Roman was four; Tatiana moved the family to Winnipeg and continued teaching. Roman attended the University of Manitoba, graduating in 1951 with a Master of Arts in Philosophy.Read more

Movies & web series

Laughter in My Soul

Twice Upon a Time

Henry Ford's America

The Baymen

Festival in Puerto Rico

The Cars in Your Life

The End of the Line

Pilgrimage

The Back-breaking Leaf

Nose and Tina

Challenger: An Industrial Romance

Canada Vignettes: Love on Wheels

Margaret Laurence, First Lady of Manawaka

Man Belongs to the Earth

Tiger Child

Above the Horizon

The Days of Whisky Gap

Blood and Fire

North of Superior

In the Labyrinth

The Hutterites

Glenn Gould: On the Record

So Long To Run

Hold the Ketchup

Circus World

Country Threshing

Age of the Beaver

Stravinsky

Beavers

Hail Columbia!

The Red Dress

The Rolling Stones: Live at the Max

Toronto Jazz

Universe

We Are Born of Stars

Strangers at the Door

First Winter

Little White Crimes

CyberWorld

I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling

Emergency Ward

Glenn Gould: Off the Record

The Days Before Christmas

A Foreign Language

Memory of Summer

It's a Crime

Bravery in the Field

Rescue Party