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Roman Kroitor

Producer, Director, Writer, Actor, Editor, Additional Credits
Died September 16, 2012 (85 years)
Roman Kroitor was a Canadian filmmaker who was known as an early practitioner of cinéma vérité, as co-founder of IMAX, and as creator of the Sandde hand-drawn stereoscopic animation system. He was also the original inspiration for the Force, popularized in the Star Wars series.
Known For
  • 21-87
  • Universe
  • Lonely Boy
  • Nobody Waved Good-bye
  • Beavers
  • CyberWorld
  • Hail Columbia!
  • Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman
  • In the Labyrinth
  • City of Gold
  • First Winter
  • The Point
  • Bravery in the Field
  • Stravinsky
  • One Man
  • Cinéma Vérité: Defining the Moment
  • Toronto Jazz
  • L'âge de la machine
  • The Hutterites
  • Canada Vignettes: Love on Wheels
  • The Days of Whisky Gap
  • It's a Crime
  • Propaganda Message

Filmography

2000
CyberWorld · as Co-Producer
1988
Beavers · as Associate Producer
1982
1981
First Winter · as Executive Producer
1980
Challenger: An Industrial Romance · as Executive Producer
1980
Nose and Tina · as Executive Producer
1979
Bravery in the Field · as Executive Producer
1979
Canada Vignettes: Love on Wheels · as Executive Producer
1979
1979
Why Men Rape · as Executive Producer
1978
Teach Me to Dance · as Executive Producer
1978
The Point · as Executive Producer
1978
1977
1977
The Red Dress · as Executive Producer
1977
One Man · as Executive Producer
1977
Hold the Ketchup · as Executive Producer
1977
Henry Ford's America · as Executive Producer
1977
1976
Listen Listen Listen · as Executive Producer
1974
1974
1967
1965
1965
1964
1964
1964
1963
1961
1961
1960
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1954

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