biography

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. 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.