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    Canadian filmmaker and co-founder of Imax Corporation

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  1. 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. [1]

  2. Sep 18, 2012 · Roman Kroitor, who helped develop the Canada-spawned documentary genre of direct cinema — similar to cinema verite — and developed the Imax giantscreen format at the National Film Board’s...

  3. Sep 18, 2012 · Canadian film pioneer Roman Kroitor, who co-invented the IMAX film system and inspired directors from George Lucas to Guy Maddin, has died. Yorkton, Sask.-born Kroitor died on Sunday at the...

  4. Sep 17, 2012 · News provided by. NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA. Sep 17, 2012, 17:44 ET. Share this article. MONTREAL, Sept. 17, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Canadian and world cinema has lost a true giant, with the death...

  5. Sep 18, 2012 · News. September 18, 2012. Reading time: 3 minutes. Canadian and world cinema has lost a true giant, with the death yesterday of film pioneer and former NFB colleague Roman Kroitor.

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  7. Canadian film pioneer Roman Kroitor, who co-invented the IMAX film system and inspired directors from George Lucas to Stanley Kubrick, has died. Yorkton, Saskatchewan-born Kroitor died on Sunday at the age of 85, according to the National Film Board of Canada.

  8. Sep 18, 2012 · Roman Boghdan Kroitor, director, producer, writer, editor, inventor (born at Yorkton, Sask 12 Dec 1926, died near Montréal 16 Sept 2012). Roman Kroitor was a brilliant technical innovator who pioneered new cinematographic approaches for decades.

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