Roman Kroitor
Production · Born 1926-12-12 · age 85 at death · Yorkton, 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.
Titles
21-87
Lonely Boy
The Rolling Stones: Live at the Max
Universe
Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman
City of Gold
Nobody Waved Goodbye
First Winter
CyberWorld
Hail Columbia!
Stravinsky
North of Superior
Bravery in the Field
Beavers
Glenn Gould: On the Record
In the Labyrinth
The Back-breaking Leaf
Toronto Jazz
The Red Dress
The Hutterites
The Baymen
Little White Crimes
Nose and Tina
Country Threshing
The End of the Line
The Days Before Christmas
The Cars in Your Life
Blood and Fire
Festival in Puerto Rico
Emergency Ward
A Foreign Language
Pilgrimage
Glenn Gould: Off the Record
Age of the Beaver
Tiger Child
Hold the Ketchup
The Days of Whisky Gap
Twice Upon a Time
Man Belongs to the Earth
Margaret Laurence, First Lady of Manawaka
Memory of Summer
So Long To Run
Challenger: An Industrial Romance
It's a Crime
We Are Born of Stars
Rescue Party
Strangers at the Door
Canada Vignettes: Love on Wheels
Above the Horizon
Circus World
Henry Ford's America
I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling
Why Men Rape
Laughter in My Soul
Police
The Living Machine
Flora: Scenes from a Leadership Convention