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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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His prodigious output garnered numerous awards, including two BAFTA Awards, three Cannes Film Festival awards, and two Oscar nominations.

Early lifeEdit

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.

National Film Board of CanadaEdit

In 1949 and 1950, Kroitor attended the Summer Intern program at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) in Ottawa. Upon graduation from university, he was hired full-time, working as a production assistant and later as a film editor.<ref>Canadian Film Encyclopedia Template:Webarchive (accessed Aug 5, 2007)</ref> His first film, 1953's Rescue Party<ref name="Martin"/> laid the foundation for his pioneering Cinéma vérité style, and he went on to produce influential films such as Lonely Boy, Glenn Gould: On the Record, Glenn Gould: Off the Record, and the concert film Stravinsky. By 1958, Kroiter was producing documentaries; by 1964, he was one of the producers leading the NFB into the production of fiction films.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

IMAXEdit

After seeing the ground-breaking NFB documentary Universe (1960), Stanley Kubrick tried to recruit Kroiter and Colin Low to work on 2001: A Space Odyssey. They declined because, with Hugh O'Connor and Tom Daily, they were working on a large-scale multi-screen film. This was In the Labyrinth, which the NFB exhibited at Expo 67 in Montreal. The film caused a sensation and, in the same year Kroitor and his friend and colleague, the director Graeme Ferguson, left the NFB as employees, but physically stayed, founding Multi-Screen Corporation (later IMAX Corp.) in the NFB's Montreal studios (with two other friends, Robert Kerr and engineer Bill Shaw).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Multi-Screen process involved a purpose-built camera, and 70mm film projected horizontally rather than vertically, with each frame the size of a postcard.<ref>Youngblood, Gene: Expanded Cinema, London: Studio Vista, 1970.</ref>

In 1970, for Expo 70 in Osaka, Kroitor produced the first IMAX film, the 17-minute Tiger Child, directed by Donald Brittain. In 1973, he returned to the NFB as a producer in charge of the Drama department, but continued to make IMAX films until his retirement. In 1990, he co-directed the first IMAX feature film, Stones at the Max. He also produced the first IMAX stereoscopic (S3D) film, We Are Born of Stars (anaglyph, 1985), and co-produced the first full-color OMNIMAX (IMAX Dome) S3D film, Echoes of the Sun (alternate-eye, 1990).<ref name="Martin"/>

SANDDEEdit

While working to create traditional (actuality) and early CG films in a stereoscopic format, Kroitor became frustrated with the lack of direct interaction between the desires of (right-brained) artists and the results on film, because everything had to pass through the (left-brained) mathematicians and programmers. He 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.Template:Citation needed

George Lucas and The ForceEdit

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.<ref>Wired 13.05: Life After Darth</ref> As reported by The Globe and Mail, Lucas first heard about "the force" in a conversation between Kroitor and Warren Sturgis McCulloch, an artificial intelligence guru, in 21-87, a 1963 collage film made by the NFB's Arthur Lipsett. Disagreeing with McCulloch's assertion that humans are nothing more than highly complex machines, Kroitor argued: "Many people feel that in the contemplation of nature and in communication with other living things, they become aware of some kind of force, or something, behind this apparent mask which we see in front of us, and they call it God."<ref name="Martin"/>

Personal life and deathEdit

In 1955, Kroitor married (Graeme Ferguson's sister) Janet Ferguson; they had five children and lived in Montreal. On September 17, 2012, he died of a heart attack in his sleep at the age of 85.<ref name="Martin">Template:Cite news</ref>

FilmographyEdit

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  • Propaganda Message - animated short, Barrie Nelson 1971 - co-producer with Wolf Koenig
  • Man the Hunter: Caribou - documentary short, Dennis Sawyer 1974 - executive producer
  • Man the Hunter: Fishing - documentary short, Dennis Sawyer 1975 - executive producer
  • Man the Hunter: Seal Hunting - documentary short, Dennis Sawyer 1975 - executive producer
  • Bargain Basement - short film, John N. Smith 1976 - producer
  • For Gentlemen Only - documentary short, Michael J.F. Scott 1976 - executive producer
  • Listen Listen Listen - documentary, Barbara Greene 1976 - executive producer
  • Schefferville 4th Arctic Winter Games - documentary short, Dennis Sawyer 1976 - co-producer with Dennis Sawyer
  • Striker - short film, Robert Nichol 1976 - executive producer
  • The World is Round - documentary, Ian McLaren 1976 - executive producer
  • The Machine Age - short film, Gilles Carle 1977 - co-producer with Jacques Bobet
  • Back Alley Blue - documentary short, Bill Reid 1977 - executive producer
  • Bekevar Jubilee - documentary short, Albert Kish 1977 - executive producer
  • Breakdown - short film, Peter Thurling 1977 - executive producer
  • Flora: Scenes from a Leadership Convention - documentary, Peter Raymont 1977 - co-executive producer with Arthur Hammond
  • Happiness Is Loving Your Teacher - short film, John N. Smith 1977 - executive producer
  • Henry Ford's America - documentary, Donald Brittain 1977 - co- producer with Donald Brittain & Paul Wright
  • Hold the Ketchup - documentary short, Albert Kish 1977 - executive producer
  • I Wasn’t Scared - short film, Giles Walker 1977 - co-producer with Vladimir Valenta
  • Nature’s Food Chain - documentary short, Bernard Devlin 1977 - executive producer
  • One Man - feature, Robin Spry 1977 - co-producer with Michael J.F. Scott, James de B. Domville, Tom Daly & Vladimir Valenta
  • Sail Away - documentary short, Bruce Mackay 1977 - executive producer
  • Strangers at the Door - short film, John Howe 1977 - co-producer with John Howe & Maxine Samuels
  • Oh Canada - animated short, Barrie Nelson 1978 - co-producer with Wolf Koenig, Robert Verrall & Dorothy Courtois
  • Easter Eggs - documentary short, Yurij Luhovy 1978 - executive producer
  • Margaret Laurence, First Lady of Manawaka - documentary, Robert Duncan 1978 - executive producer
  • The Point - documentary, Robert Duncan 1978 - executive producer
  • The Red Dress - documentary short, Michael J.F. Scott 1978 - co-executive producer with Dieter Nachtigall
  • The Russels - short film, Susan Huycke, Kenneth McCready, Mort Ransen & Bill Reid 1978 - executive producer
  • So Long to Run - short film, Charles Lapp 1978 - executive producer
  • Teach Me to Dance - short film, Anne Wheeler 1978 - co-producer with Vladimir Valenta & John Howe
  • Voice of the Fugitive - short film, René Bonnière 1978 - executive producer
  • The War is Over - short film, René Bonnière 1978 - executive producer
  • Bravery in the Field - short film, Giles Walker 1979 - executive producer, co-producer with Stefan Wodoslawsky
  • Gopher Broke - short film, Peter Thurling 1979 - executive producer, co-producer with Stefan Wodoslawsky
  • Love on Wheels - short film, Ben Low & Ian Rankin 1979 - executive producer
  • Northern Composition - documentary short, Bruce Mackay & Gary Toole 1979 - executive producer
  • Revolution's Orphans - documentary short, John N. Smith 1979 - co-producer with Rob Iveson
  • Twice Upon a Time... (Il était deux fois) - short film, Giles Walker 1979 - co-producer with Stefan Wodoslawsky
  • Why Men Rape - documentary, Douglas Jackson 1979 - executive producer
  • Acting Class - documentary short, John N. Smith 1980 - executive producer
  • Challenger: An Industrial Romance - Stephen Low 1980 - executive producer
  • Coming Back Alive - documentary short, Wolf Koenig, Paul Cowan, Rosemarie Shapley & Bill Mason 1980 - co-producer with Wolf Koenig
  • Maritimes Dig - documentary short, Dennis Sawyer 1980 - executive producer
  • Prehistoric Artifacts, New Brunswick - documentary short, Dennis Sawyer 1980 - executive producer
  • Nose and Tina - documentary short, Norma Bailey 1980 - executive producer
  • This was the Beginning, Part 1: The Invertebrates - documentary short, Dennis Sawyer 1980 - executive producer
  • This was the Beginning, Part 2: The Vertebrates - documentary short, Dennis Sawyer 1980 - executive producer
  • Baxter Earns His Wings - short film, Don Arioli 1981 - executive producer
  • First Winter - documentary short, John N. Smith 1981 - executive producer
  • Arthritis: A Dialogue with Pain - documentary, Susan Huycke 1981 - co-executive producer with Robert Verrall
  • Hail Columbia - IMAX documentary, Graeme Ferguson 1981 - co-producer with Graeme Ferguson
  • Where the Buoys Are - documentary short, Wolf Koenig, Paul Cowan, Rosemarie Shapley, Bill Mason 1981 - co-producer with Wolf Koenig
  • Laughter in My Soul - documentary short, Halya Kuchmij 1983 - co-executive producer with Robert Verrall
  • Skyward - short film, IMAX, Stephen Low 1985 - co-producer with Susumu Sakane<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Starbreaker - short film, Bruce Mackay 1984 - co-editor with Bruce Mackay, producer, co-executive producer with Robert Verrall
  • A Freedom to Move - documentary short, IMAX, Michel Brault 1985 - executive producer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • We Are Born of Stars - documentary short, IMAX 3D, Nelson Max 1985 - producer, writer<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Heart Land - documentary short, IMAX, Norma Bailey, Richard Condie, Aaron Kim Johnston, Derek Mazur, John Paskievich, Gail Singer & Brion Whitford 1987 - co-producer with Sally Dundas<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Echoes of the Sun - documentary short, IMAX 1990 - co-director with Nelson Max, co-writer with Nelson Max & Colin Low, co-producer with Fumio Sumi & Sally Dundas<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • The Last Buffalo - documentary short, IMAX 3D, Stephen Low 1990 - co-producer with Sally Dundas
  • Imagine - documentary short, IMAX 3D, John Weiley 1993 - co-producer with Hyok-Kyu Kwon<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Stones at the Max - concert film, IMAX, Julien Temple, David Douglas, Noel Archambault, Christine Strande 1994 - co-director
  • Paint Misbehavin’ - animated short, IMAX 3D, Peter Stephenson 1996 - co-producer with Steve Hoban<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • CyberWorld - animated film, IMAX 3D, Colin Davies & Elaine Despins 2000 - co-producer with Sally Dundas, Steve Hoban & Hugh Murray

AwardsEdit

Paul Tomkowicz: Street-Railway Switchman (1953) <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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  • 1960 Cannes Film Festival, Cannes: Eurovision Grand Prize, Documentary Films, 1960
  • American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon Award, Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources, 1961
  • International Labour and Industrial Film Festival, Antwerp: Diploma of Merit, Films Dealing with the Problems of People at Work, 1963

The Cars in Your Life (1960)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

  • American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon, Citizen, Government & City Planning, 1963

Universe (1960)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The Days of Whiskey Gap (1961)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Lonely Boy (1962)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The Living Machine (1962)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The Hutterites (1964)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Above the Horizon (1964)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Nobody Waved Goodbye (1964)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Legault’s Place (1964)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Stravinsky (1965)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Bargain Basement (1976)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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For Gentlemen Only (1976)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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  • ACTRA Awards, Montreal: Film of the Year, 1978
  • Film Festival Antwerpen, Antwerp: Second Best Film of the Festival, 1978
  • Film Festival Antwerpen, Antwerp: Honorable Mention by the Press Jury, 1978

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  • International Emmy Awards, New York: Best Non-Fiction Television Film, 1977
  • Golden Gate International Film Festival, San Francisco: Special Jury Award for Outstanding Achievement - Film as Communication, 1977
  • Columbus International Film & Animation Festival, Columbus, Ohio: Chris Bronze Plaque, Social Studies, 1978
  • HEMISFILM, San Antonio TX: Bronze Medallion for the Best Film, Documentary Over 27 Minutes, 1978
  • American Film and Video Festival, New York: Red Ribbon, Features: History & Economics, 1978
  • U.S. Industrial Film Festival, Elmhurst, Illinois: Silver Screen Award for Outstanding Creativity in the Production of Audio-Visual Communications in International Competition, 1978
  • Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago: Certificate of Merit, 1977
  • APGA Film Festival, Washington, DC: Honorable Mention, 1977

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Teach Me to Dance (1978)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

  • Child of our Time Festival, Milan: Diploma of Honor, 1979

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Why Men Rape (1979)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

  • American Film and Video Festival, New York: Red Ribbon, Mental Health, 1981

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Challenger: An Industrial Romance (1980)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

  • Grierson Awards, Toronto: Grierson Award for Outstanding Documentary, 1981
  • Columbus International Film & Animation Festival, Columbus, Ohio: Chris Bronze Plaque, 1981
  • Golden Gate International Film Festival, San Francisco: Silver Award for Second-Best Film of the Festival, 1980
  • Golden Gate International Film Festival, San Francisco: Best in Category: Promotion, Commercial Sales and Public Relations, 1980
  • Information Film Producers of America, Los Angeles: Gold Cindy Award, Best of Show, 1981
  • U.S. Industrial Film Festival, Elmhurst, Illinois: First Place, Gold Camera Award, 1981
  • Bijou Awards, Toronto: Best Documentary, 1981
  • Festival of Technical Films and Films on Industrial Design, Budapest: Special Prize, Informatory and Product-Propaganda Films, 1982
  • American Film and Video Festival, New York: Honorable Mention, Management Training Films, 1982

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FootnotesEdit

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ReferencesEdit

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  • Life After Darth, Steve Silberman, Wired Magazine, May 2005

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