Production · geboren 1926-12-12 · Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada

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.

Bekannt aus

• 21-87 (1963) – (Archive audio)
• Lonely Boy (1962) – Director
• The Rolling Stones: Live at the Max (1991) – Director
• Universe (1960) – Director
• Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman (1953) – Director
• City of Gold (1957) – Writer
• Nobody Waved Goodbye (1964) – Producer
• First Winter (1982) – Executive Producer
• Hail Columbia! (1982) – Writer
• CyberWorld (2000) – Co-Producer
• Beavers (1988) – Associate Producer
• Stravinsky (1966) – Director
• North of Superior (1971) – Producer
• Bravery in the Field (1980) – Executive Producer
• Glenn Gould: On the Record (1959) – Producer
• In the Labyrinth (1967) – Director
• The Back-breaking Leaf (1959) – Producer
• The Days Before Christmas (1958) – Editor
• Toronto Jazz (1963) – Producer
• The Red Dress (1978) – Executive Producer
• The Hutterites (1964) – Producer
• The Baymen (1966) – Producer
• Little White Crimes (1966) – Producer
• Nose and Tina (1980) – Executive Producer
• Country Threshing (1958) – Producer
• The End of the Line (1959) – Producer
• The Cars in Your Life (1960) – Producer
• Blood and Fire (1958) – Producer
• A Foreign Language (1958) – Producer
• Festival in Puerto Rico (1961) – Director
• Emergency Ward (1959) – Producer
• Police (1958) – Producer
• Pilgrimage (1958) – Producer
• Glenn Gould: Off the Record (1959) – Director
• Age of the Beaver (1952) – Writer
• Tiger Child (1970) – Original Music Composer
• Hold the Ketchup (1977) – Executive Producer
• The Days of Whisky Gap (1961) – Producer
• Twice Upon a Time (1979) – Producer
• Man Belongs to the Earth (1974) – Producer