Roman Kroitor

Roman Kroitor December 12 1926 September 17 2012 was a Canadian filmmaker who was known as a pioneer of Cinéma vérité as the cofounder of IMAX and as the creator of the Sandde handdrawn 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