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Graeme Ferguson, Roman Kroitor, Robert Kerr, and William C. Shaw were the co-founders of what would be named the IMAX Corporation (founded in September 1967 as Multiscreen Corporation, Ltd.), and they developed the first IMAX cinema projection standards in the late 1960s and early 1970s in Canada.
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Jul 25, 2023 · IMAX, or ‘Image Maximum’, was a groundbreaking innovation developed by a group of Canadian filmmakers in the late 1960s. As a technological marvel, IMAX is both a film format and a set of cinema projection standards created by the Canadian company IMAX Corporation.
The company was founded in 1967 when three filmmakers— Graeme Ferguson, Roman Kroitor and Robert Kerr —incorporated IMAX Corporation. The idea and the new technology, which resulted in the birth of the company, came from the multi-screen productions of Roman Kroitor, Colin Low and Hugh O'Connor. In the Labyrinth [ 10] and Ferguson's Man and ...
Oct 3, 2021 · In 1967 Montreal, three men's paths would cross, resulting in the birth of IMAX. In this video I explore the founders' backstory and the technical challenges...
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In 1970, Tiger Child (Donald Brittain), the first IMAX film, was shown at Expo 70 in Osaka, Japan, and the following year the first permanent IMAX system was installed at the Cinesphere Theater in Toronto, debuting in May 1971 with the travelogue North of Superior (Graeme Ferguson).
Dec 3, 2012 · Toronto-based IMAX Corporation is the world's most successful large-screen cinema system. Since its origins as Multi-Screen Corporation in 1967, IMAX has developed and operated many technologies aimed at an audience's complete immersion into the film experience.
Aug 7, 2023 · IMAX, short for Image Maximum, is not just another cinema projection standard. Born in 1967 from the collective vision of Graeme Ferguson, Roman Kroitor, Robert Kerr, and William C. Shaw, IMAX was conceived to redefine immersion in film.
