Judith Crawley

Judith Crawley and family
Judith Crawley and family, c. 1950
Born(1914-04-12)April 12, 1914
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
DiedSeptember 16, 1986(1986-09-16) (aged 72)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Other names
  • Judith Rosemary Sparks
  • Judith Rosemary Sparks Crawley
Alma materMcGill University
OccupationFilmmaker
Known forFilmmaking
SpouseFrank Radford "Budge" Crawley
Children
  • Michal
  • Patrick
  • Roderick
  • Alexander
  • Jennifer
  • Mariah
AwardsGenie Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Canadian Film Industry

Judith Rosemary (Sparks) Crawley (April 21, 1914 – September 16, 1986) was a Canadian film producer, cinematographer, director, and screenwriter.[1] She and her husband Frank Radford "Budge" Crawley co-founded the production company Crawley Films in 1939.[2]

Crawley is best known for writing the Academy Award-winning documentary The Man Who Skied Down Everest. She is considered to be the first Canadian female filmmaker, and is recognized as being a pioneer for women who work in the film industry.[3]

  1. ^ Wise 2015, p. 1954.
  2. ^ "Judith (Rosemary) Sparks Crawley." Archived 2019-04-01 at the Wayback Machine Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved: April 23, 2016.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).