J
Judith Crawley
FollowBorn 12 April 1914 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Died 16 September 1986 (aged 72)
Judith Crawley was a Canadian film producer, cinematographer, director, and screenwriter. 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.
Read more
She and her husband Frank Radford "Budge" Crawley co-founded the production company Crawley Films in 1939.
Crawley is best known for writing the Academy Award-winning documentary The Man Who Skied Down Everest.