One of Kroitor's first films, PAUL TOMKOWICZ: STREET-RAILWAY SWITCHMAN (1954), focused on a Canadian railway worker. The film is frequently studied in Canadian and U.S. film studios. It was featured as the opening work on the NFB at New York's Museum of Modern Art. Another acclaimed earlier work is CITY OF GOLD (1957), a chronicle of the Yukon Gold Rush.
The film, UNIVERSE (1960), which Kroitor produced with his friend Colin Low, was another first. The film, the depiction, with pictorial realism, of the geography of space was used by NASA in the early days of the U.S. space program for astronaut training. The film also had a strong influence on Stanley Kubrik's 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968). Later, in 1982, he co-produced HAIL COLUMBIA!, the first large-format film about space and the shuttle program.
Kroitor's multi-image film LABYRINTH was a hit at Montreal's Expo '67. This film and POLAR LIFE led Kroitor, Ferguson and Kerr to form Multiscreen Corporation, which later became IMAX Ltd. Together with engineer William Shaw they designed the IMAX® motion picture system. Kroitor produced the first IMAX film, TIGER CHILD for Expo '70 in Osaka. He followed this with other IMAX productions.
Koitor's work continues to reflect an innovative mind. In a number of recent productions the concept of 3-D dominates. In 1997 IMAX unveiled a new proprietary technology, invented and developed by Kroitor, that enables three dimensional stereoscopic animated films to be released in IMAX 3-D theatres.
Kroitor is currently an independent writer, director and producer
Nominated for Short Films (Live Action) 1979: BRAVERY IN THE FIELD (w. Stefan Wodoslawsky)
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