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Roman Kroitor
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Film & TV
Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada
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…
Known for
- Rebels with a Camera — Self2006
- 21-87 — (Archive audio)1963
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roman
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Yorkton
- Place of death
- Quebec
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Educated at
- University of Manitoba
- Employer
- National Film Board of Canada
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- computer animation
- Genre
- IMAX
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- date of birth
- 1926-12-12
- date of death
- 2012-09-16
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
- start of work period
- 1952-00-00
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