Director

Roman Kroitor

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Directed movies: 9Directed series: 0All crew credits: 46

TMDB ID: 356422

IMDb ID: nm0471993

Known for: Production

Born: December 12, 1926

Died: September 16, 2012

Age: 85

Place of birth: Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1953 - 2006

Years active: 54

Average TMDB rating: 6.8

Wikidata: Q3440872

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Biography

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.

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