Graeme Ferguson, the Canadian filmmaker who co-founded Imax, died on Saturday at the age of 91.Ferguson had reportedly been battling cancer, passing away at his home in Norway Point, Ontario.Imax took to Twitter today to confirm the news. “We mourn the passing of Graeme Ferguson, visionary IMAX Co-Founder and iconic filmmaker,” they said. “Thank you and rest in peace, Graeme.”Ferguson founded the Imax Corporation in 1967, with filmmaker Roman Kroitor, businessman Robert Kerr, and engineer William Shaw.
His latter two collaborators had been friends of his since high school.The initial impetus for Imax was Polar Life, an experimental film that Ferguson directed for Expo ’67 in Montreal.
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