About

Known credits:
69
Birthday:
1926-12-12
Place of birth:
Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Roman Kroitor

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2006 Live Before the Letter Actor Self N/A
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1963 21-87 Actor (Archive audio) 59
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The Reality Trip Actor self N/A
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Directing
1967 In the Labyrinth Directing Director 58
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1966 Stravinsky Directing Director 58
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1964 Above the Horizon Directing Director N/A
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1962 Lonely Boy Directing Director 58
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1962 The Living Machine Directing Director N/A
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1961 Festival in Puerto Rico Directing Director N/A
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1960 Universe Directing Director 59
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1959 Glenn Gould: On the Record Directing Director 59
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1959 Glenn Gould: Off the Record Directing Director N/A
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1953 Rescue Party Directing Director N/A
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1953 Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman Directing Director 58
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Writing
1985 We Are Born of Stars Writing Writer N/A
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1982 Hail Columbia! Writing Writer 59
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1960 Universe Writing Writer 59
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1957 City of Gold Writing Writer 58
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1957 It's a Crime Writing Story N/A
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1952 Age of the Beaver Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2000 CyberWorld Production Co-Producer 58
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1985 We Are Born of Stars Production Co-Producer N/A
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1982 First Winter Production Executive Producer 58
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1980 Challenger: An Industrial Romance Production Executive Producer N/A
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1980 Bravery in the Field Production Executive Producer 58
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1980 Bravery in the Field Production Producer 58
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1980 Nose and Tina Production Executive Producer N/A
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1979 Canada Vignettes: Love on Wheels Production Executive Producer N/A
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1979 Twice Upon a Time Production Producer N/A
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1978 The Red Dress Production Executive Producer 59
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1978 So Long To Run Production Producer N/A
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1978 Margaret Laurence, First Lady of Manawaka Production Executive Producer N/A
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1977 Flora: Scenes from a Leadership Convention Production Executive Producer N/A
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1977 Bekevar Jubilee Production Executive Producer N/A
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1977 Strangers at the Door Production Producer N/A
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1977 Hold the Ketchup Production Executive Producer N/A
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1977 Hold the Ketchup Production Producer N/A
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1974 Man Belongs to the Earth Production Producer N/A
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1971 North of Superior Production Producer 59
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1966 The Baymen Production Producer N/A
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1966 Little White Crimes Production Producer N/A
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1966 Stravinsky Production Producer 58
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1964 Nobody Waved Goodbye Production Producer 58
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1964 Above the Horizon Production Producer N/A
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1964 The Hutterites Production Producer N/A
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1963 Toronto Jazz Production Producer 58
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1962 Lonely Boy Production Producer 58
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1961 The Days of Whisky Gap Production Producer N/A
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1961 Festival in Puerto Rico Production Producer N/A
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1960 The Cars in Your Life Production Producer N/A
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1959 The Back-breaking Leaf Production Producer 59
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1959 Emergency Ward Production Producer N/A
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1959 Glenn Gould: Off the Record Production Producer N/A
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1959 The End of the Line Production Producer N/A
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1959 Glenn Gould: On the Record Production Producer 59
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1958 The Days Before Christmas Production Producer N/A
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1958 Pilgrimage Production Producer N/A
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1958 Blood and Fire Production Producer N/A
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1958 Police Production Producer N/A
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1958 Memory of Summer Production Producer N/A
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1958 A Foreign Language Production Producer N/A
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1958 Country Threshing Production Producer N/A
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1953 Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman Production Producer 58
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Sound
1970 Tiger Child Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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Crew
1953 Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman Crew Script 58
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Editing
1961 Festival in Puerto Rico Editing Editor N/A
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1958 The Days Before Christmas Editing Editor N/A
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1953 Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman Editing Editor 58
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1952 Age of the Beaver Editing Editor N/A
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