# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roman-kroitor
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:56:28.598Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roman-kroitor"
name: "Roman Kroitor"
slug: "roman-kroitor"
description: "Roman Kroitor 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 two Oscar nominations."
tagline: "Canadian filmmaker and co-founder of Imax Corporation"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/UXB1hDtpvCaGUrf1PJ01IfZ7N7.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "CA"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1926-12-12"
deathDate: "2012-09-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.09323466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0471993/"
    handle:    "nm0471993"
sources:
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    title: "رومان كرويتور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Roman Kroitor"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Kroitor"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Roman Kroitor"
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    title: "Кройтор Роман"
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    title: "Roman Kroitor"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump