Roman Kroitor

Explore Roman Kroitor's movie filmography on ReelBot, including film credits, roles, release dates, ratings, and movie details.

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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. 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.

Filmography

• Rebels with a Camera (2006)
• CyberWorld (2000)
• The Rolling Stones: Live at the Max (1991)
• Echoes of the Sun (1990)
• Beavers (1988)
• We Are Born of Stars (1985)
• Laughter in My Soul (1983)
• First Winter (1982)
• Hail Columbia! (1982)
• Challenger: An Industrial Romance (1980)
• Bravery in the Field (1980)
• Nose and Tina (1980)
• Canada Vignettes: Love on Wheels (1979)
• Twice Upon a Time (1979)
• The Red Dress (1978)
• Margaret Laurence, First Lady of Manawaka (1978)
• So Long To Run (1978)
• Henry Ford's America (1977)
• Flora: Scenes from a Leadership Convention (1977)
• Hold the Ketchup (1977)
• Strangers at the Door (1977)
• Bekevar Jubilee (1977)
• Circus World (1974)
• Man Belongs to the Earth (1974)
• North of Superior (1971)
• Tiger Child (1970)
• In the Labyrinth (1967)
• The Baymen (1966)
• Little White Crimes (1966)
• Stravinsky (1966)
• Nobody Waved Goodbye (1964)
• The Hutterites (1964)
• Above the Horizon (1964)
• Toronto Jazz (1963)
• 21-87 (1963)
• Lonely Boy (1962)
• The Living Machine (1962)
• Festival in Puerto Rico (1961)
• The Days of Whisky Gap (1961)
• I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling (1960)
• Universe (1960)
• The Cars in Your Life (1960)
• The Back-breaking Leaf (1959)
• The End of the Line (1959)
• Emergency Ward (1959)
• Glenn Gould: Off the Record (1959)
• Glenn Gould: On the Record (1959)
• The Days Before Christmas (1958)
• Police (1958)
• Memory of Summer (1958)
• Pilgrimage (1958)
• Country Threshing (1958)
• A Foreign Language (1958)
• Blood and Fire (1958)
• City of Gold (1957)
• It's a Crime (1957)
• Rescue Party (1953)
• Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman (1953)
• Age of the Beaver (1952)
• Starbreaker
• Why Men Rape