Roman Kroitor
Production
1926-12-12 · 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.
Filmography
Rebels with a Camera
2006 · Movie
CyberWorld
2000 · Movie
The Rolling Stones: Live at the Max
1991 · Movie
Echoes of the Sun
1990 · Movie
Beavers
1988 · Movie
We Are Born of Stars
1985 · Movie
Laughter in My Soul
1983 · Movie
First Winter
1982 · Movie
Hail Columbia!
1982 · Movie
Challenger: An Industrial Romance
1980 · Movie
Bravery in the Field
1980 · Movie
Nose and Tina
1980 · Movie
Canada Vignettes: Love on Wheels
1979 · Movie
Twice Upon a Time
1979 · Movie
Margaret Laurence, First Lady of Manawaka
1978 · Movie
So Long To Run
1978 · Movie
The Red Dress
1978 · Movie
Henry Ford's America
1977 · Movie
Flora: Scenes from a Leadership Convention
1977 · Movie
Bekevar Jubilee
1977 · Movie
Strangers at the Door
1977 · Movie
Hold the Ketchup
1977 · Movie
Circus World
1974 · Movie
Man Belongs to the Earth
1974 · Movie
North of Superior
1971 · Movie
Tiger Child
1970 · Movie
In the Labyrinth
1967 · Movie
The Baymen
1966 · Movie
Little White Crimes
1966 · Movie
Stravinsky
1966 · Movie
Nobody Waved Goodbye
1964 · Movie
Above the Horizon
1964 · Movie
The Hutterites
1964 · Movie
Toronto Jazz
1963 · Movie
21-87
1963 · Movie
Lonely Boy
1962 · Movie
The Living Machine
1962 · Movie
Festival in Puerto Rico
1961 · Movie
The Days of Whisky Gap
1961 · Movie
I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling
1960 · Movie
Universe
1960 · Movie
The Cars in Your Life
1960 · Movie
The Back-breaking Leaf
1959 · Movie
The End of the Line
1959 · Movie
Glenn Gould: On the Record
1959 · Movie
Glenn Gould: Off the Record
1959 · Movie
Emergency Ward
1959 · Movie
The Days Before Christmas
1958 · Movie
Police
1958 · Movie
Memory of Summer
1958 · Movie
Pilgrimage
1958 · Movie
Country Threshing
1958 · Movie
A Foreign Language
1958 · Movie
Blood and Fire
1958 · Movie
City of Gold
1957 · Movie
It's a Crime
1957 · Movie
Rescue Party
1953 · Movie
Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman
1953 · Movie
Age of the Beaver
1952 · Movie
Starbreaker
Movie
Why Men Rape
Movie