Roman Kroitor
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.
Hail Columbia!
(Writer)
City of Gold
(Writer)
Universe
(Director)
The Baymen
(Producer)
Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman
(Director)
Little White Crimes
(Producer)
Nose and Tina
(Executive Producer)
Country Threshing
(Producer)
The End of the Line
(Producer)
In the Labyrinth
(Director)
The Back-breaking Leaf
(Producer)
Nobody Waved Goodbye
(Producer)
The Days Before Christmas
(Editor)
The Days Before Christmas
(Producer)
The Cars in Your Life
(Producer)
Blood and Fire
(Producer)
Festival in Puerto Rico
(Director)
Lonely Boy
(Director)
Emergency Ward
(Producer)
Festival in Puerto Rico
(Producer)
A Foreign Language
(Producer)
Festival in Puerto Rico
(Editor)
Police
(Producer)
Pilgrimage
(Producer)
Glenn Gould: Off the Record
(Director)
Glenn Gould: Off the Record
(Producer)
Lonely Boy
(Producer)
Glenn Gould: On the Record
(Producer)
Glenn Gould: On the Record
(Director)
Stravinsky
(Director)
Stravinsky
(Producer)
Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman
(Script)
Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman
(Producer)
Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman
(Editor)
Universe
(Writer)
Age of the Beaver
(Writer)
Age of the Beaver
(Editor)
Tiger Child
(Original Music Composer)
The Living Machine
(Director)
Hold the Ketchup
(Executive Producer)
Toronto Jazz
(Producer)
The Red Dress
(Executive Producer)
The Days of Whisky Gap
(Producer)
Twice Upon a Time
(Producer)
Man Belongs to the Earth
(Producer)
CyberWorld
(Co-Producer)
North of Superior
(Producer)
Margaret Laurence, First Lady of Manawaka
(Executive Producer)
Memory of Summer
(Producer)
So Long To Run
(Producer)
Challenger: An Industrial Romance
(Executive Producer)
Hold the Ketchup
(Producer)
It's a Crime
(Story)
We Are Born of Stars
(Writer)
The Hutterites
(Producer)
We Are Born of Stars
(Co-Producer)