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.

Crew

Hail Columbia!
Writer
City of Gold
Writer
Universe
Director, Writer
The Baymen
Producer
Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman
Director, Script, Producer, Editor
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, Producer
The Cars in Your Life
Producer
Blood and Fire
Producer
Festival in Puerto Rico
Director, Producer, Editor
Lonely Boy
Director, Producer
Emergency Ward
Producer
A Foreign Language
Producer
Police
Producer
Pilgrimage
Producer
Glenn Gould: Off the Record
Director, Producer
Glenn Gould: On the Record
Producer, Director
Stravinsky
Director, Producer
Age of the Beaver
Writer, Editor
Tiger Child
Original Music Composer
The Living Machine
Director
Hold the Ketchup
Executive Producer, 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
It's a Crime
Story
We Are Born of Stars
Writer, Co-Producer
The Hutterites
Producer
Rescue Party
Director
Flora: Scenes from a Leadership Convention
Executive Producer
Bravery in the Field
Executive Producer, Producer
First Winter
Executive Producer
Strangers at the Door
Producer
Bekevar Jubilee
Executive Producer
Canada Vignettes: Love on Wheels
Executive Producer
Above the Horizon
Director, Producer
Circus World
Producer, Director, Editor
Henry Ford's America
Executive Producer
I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling
Producer
Starbreaker
Executive Producer
The Rolling Stones: Live at the Max
Director