Roman Kroitor was a Canadian filmmaker who was known as a pioneer of Cinema verite, as the co-founder of IMAX, and as the creator of the Sandde hand-drawn stereoscopic 3D animation system.
10 Facts About Roman Kroitor
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Roman Boghdan Kroitor was born in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, to Ukrainian immigrants Peter and Tatiana, both of whom were teachers.
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Peter died when Roman was four; Tatiana moved the family to Winnipeg and continued teaching.
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Roman Kroitor attended the University of Manitoba, graduating in 1951 with a Master of Arts in Philosophy.
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In 1949 and 1950, Roman Kroitor attended the Summer Intern program at the National Film Board of Canada in Ottawa.
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In 1970, for Expo 70 in Osaka, Roman Kroitor produced the first IMAX film, the 17-minute Tiger Child, directed by Donald Brittain.
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Roman Kroitor produced the first IMAX stereoscopic film, We Are Born of Stars, and co-produced the first full-color OMNIMAX S3D film, Echoes of the Sun.
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Roman Kroitor conceived of the SANDDE hardware and software system as a way to allow artists to directly draw, in full stereoscopic 3D, what they want the audience to see.
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Roman Kroitor was credited by Star Wars creator George Lucas, as being the origin of the concept of The Force, an important thematic element in the Star Wars films.
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In 1955, Roman Kroitor married Janet Ferguson; they had five children and lived in Montreal.