Filmmaker with a Candid Eye
Of Ukrainian descent and born in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Roman Kroitor joined Canada’s National Film Board, 1949. Considered one of Canada’s leading filmmakers, he was director-producer of Candid Eye, the world’s first cinéma verité television series, creating fascinating film portraits of public figures such as Stravinsky and Paul Anka. Labyrinth, the National Film Board’s sensational 4.5 million dollar film at Montreal’s Expo 67, was coconceived by Kroitor, Kevin Low, and Hugh O’Connor. A resident of Quebec, Roman Kroitor joined Robert Kerr and Graham Ferguson in co-founding Multi-Screen Corporation to develop the IMAX process which produced Donald Brittain’s Tiger Child at Expo 70, Osaka, Japan. Mr. Kroitor, left, is seen here, with Andrew Gregorovich, Senior Researcher, Ukrainian Canadian Research and Documentation Centre. [Photo, courtesy Ukrainian Canadian Research & Documentation Centre]