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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.
Sep 18, 2012 · Roman Kroitor was a brilliant technical innovator who pioneered new cinematographic approaches for decades. He attended the Mulvey and Gordon Bell Schools in Winnipeg and received a master's degree in philosophy and psychology from the University of Manitoba in 1951.
Apr 3, 2021 · This intimate documentary, named for one of Anka’s biggest hits, is called Lonely Boy, and it was produced and co-directed by a Canadian filmmaker who ought to be much better known: Roman...
Sep 18, 2012 · Canadian and world cinema has lost a true giant, with the death yesterday of film pioneer and former NFB colleague Roman Kroitor. Born on December 12, 1926, in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Kroitor made enormous contributions to filmmaking during his tenure at the NFB in the 1950s and 1960s, developing the IMAX giant-screen format at the NFB’s ...
Roman Kroitor was born on 12 December 1926 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was a producer and director, known for Universe (1960), Stravinsky (1965) and Lonely Boy (1963). He died on 16 September 2012 in Québec, Canada.
Sep 18, 2012 · Roman Kroitor, who helped develop the Canada-spawned documentary genre of direct cinema — similar to cinema verite — and developed the Imax giantscreen format at the National Film Board’s ...
Sep 18, 2012 · Canadian film pioneer Roman Kroitor, who co-invented the IMAX film system and inspired directors from George Lucas to Guy Maddin, has died.
