Ivan Graeme Ferguson CM (October 7, 1929 – May 8, 2021) was a Canadian filmmaker and inventor who co-invented the IMAX film format.
[3] He subsequently worked with his high school friends Robert Kerr and William Shaw, along with Roman Kroitor, on the experimental 18-minute-long film Polar Life.
It was shown at Expo 67 in Montreal and involved using 11 screens and projectors, with the audience situated on a central rotating turntable.
[3] This new system was launched at the world's fair three years later in Osaka to premiere the film Tiger Child.
Eleven years later, Ferguson was conferred the Kodak Vision Award by the Large Format Cinema Association.
[5] After their divorce, Graeme and Betty were involved in a landmark 1983 lawsuit brought by the latter, who had been part of the founding team of IMAX.
The claim alleged a series of oppressive acts by Ferguson and his colleagues, including a resolution to discharge her from the company and being pressured to sell back her shares.
Brooke JA, writing for the Ontario Court of Appeal, found that the acts were "oppressive and unfairly prejudicial", and the resolution was barred.