Founder Profile
Roman Kroitor
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Roman Kroitor?
Roman Kroitor is a founder of IMAX Corporation, which was founded in 1967 with Graeme Ferguson, William Shaw and Robert Kerr.
- Company founded
- IMAX Corporation
- Founded
- 1967
- Co-founders
- Graeme Ferguson, William Shaw and Robert Kerr
Background
Documentary filmmaker and producer at the National Film Board of Canada, known for the cinéma vérité style.
Founding Story
Roman Kroitor was a National Film Board of Canada filmmaker whose 1960 documentary Universe influenced Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. After co-creating the multi-screen Labyrinth exhibit at Expo 67, he co-founded IMAX with Graeme Ferguson, Robert Kerr, and William Shaw, directed the first IMAX film, Tiger Child (1970), and later helped develop IMAX 3D. He died in 2012.
Roman Kroitor was born in 1926 in Yorkton. Education: University of Manitoba.
Kroitor was born on December 12, 1926 and died on September 17, 2012. He also created the Sandde hand-drawn stereoscopic 3D animation system, and his work earned two BAFTA Awards, three Cannes Film Festival awards and two Oscar nominations.