# Carl Dudley

Carl Ward Dudley (1910–1973) was an American film director and producer. He was best known for directing and producing short travelogues.

## Biography
### Early life

Carl Ward Dudley was born on December 31, 1910, in Little Rock, Arkansas.

### Career

He became a film director and producer. Indeed, in 1944, he founded the Dudley Pictures Corporation, a film production company.
In the 1950s, he produced thirty documentary shorts in the This World of Ours series. In 1958, he directed and produced the Cinerama feature South Seas Adventure.

### Personal life

He married Eleanor Murphy, the sister of screenwriter Richard Murphy (1912-1993). One of their daughters, Carol Ward Dudley, married producer Gabriel Katzka (1931–1990).

### Death

He died on September 2, 1973, in Hong Kong.

## Filmography
### As a director

* Our African Frontier (documentary, short film, 1943).
* Our Alaskan Frontier (documentary, short film, 1943).
* Star Spangled City (documentary, short film, 1946).
* All Aboard (short film, 1946).
* Rhythm of a Big City (documentary, short film, 1948).
* Pigskin Skill (short film, 1948).
* Cradle of the Republic (documentary, short film, 1949).
* Hawaiian Sports (short film, 1951).
* Aloha Nui (documentary, short film, 1953).
* Fish Tales (short film, 1954).
* Coney Island Holiday (documentary, short film, 1954).
* Below the Rio Grande (documentary, short film, 1954).
* Valley of the Sun (documentary, short film, 1954).
* Sportsman's Holiday (documentary, short film, 1955).
* Journey to the Sea (documentary, short film, 1955).
* Heart of an Empire (documentary, short film, 1955).
* VistaVision Visits Gibraltar (documentary, short film, 1956).
* VistaVision Visits Panama (documentary, short film, 1956).
* Viva! Cuba (documentary, short film, 1956).
* Magic in the Sun (documentary, short film, 1956).
* Under Carib Skies (documentary, short film, 1957).
* South Seas Adventure (1958)

### As a producer

* This World of Ours: Norway (documentary, short film, 1950).
* This World of Ours: Denmark (documentary, short film, 1950).
* This World of Ours: Glacier National Park (documentary, short film, 1950).
* This World of Ours: Sweden (documentary, short film, 1950).
* This World of Ours: France (documentary, short film, 1950).
* This World of Ours: Holland (documentary, short film, 1950).
* This World of Ours: London (documentary, short film, 1951).
* This World of Ours: Portugal (documentary, short film, 1951).
* This World of Ours: Spain (documentary, short film, 1951).
* This World of Ours: England (documentary, short film, 1951).
* This World of Ours: Hawaii (documentary, short film, 1951).
* This World of Ours: Greece (documentary, short film, 1951).
* This World of Ours: Belgium (documentary, short film, 1951).
* This World of Ours: Switzerland (documentary, short film, 1951).
* This World of Ours: Italy (documentary, short film, 1951).
* This World of Ours: Egypt (documentary, short film, 1951).
* This World of Ours: Puerto Rico (documentary, short film, 1952).
* This World of Ours: Chile (documentary, short film, 1952).
* This World of Ours: India (documentary, short film, 1952).
* This World of Ours: Ceylon (documentary, short film, 1953).
* This World of Ours: Singapore (documentary, short film, 1953).
* This World of Ours: Germany (documentary, short film, 1953).
* This World of Ours: Japan (documentary, short film, 1953).
* This World of Ours: Hong Kong (documentary, short film, 1954).
* This World of Ours: Formosa (documentary, short film, 1954).
* This World of Ours: Ireland (documentary, short film, 1954).
* This World of Ours: Thailand (documentary, short film, 1954).
* This World of Ours: Bali (documentary, short film, 1954).
* This World of Ours: Venezuela (documentary, short film, 1955).
* The Mississippi Traveler (documentary, short film, 1955).
* This World of Ours: Caribbean Sky Cruise (documentary, short film, 1955).
* This World of Ours: Turkey (documentary, short film, 1955).
* VistaVision Visits Gibraltar (documentary, short film, 1956).
* Hero on Horseback (documentary, short film, 1956).
* VistaVision Visits Panama (documentary, short film, 1956).
* VistaVision Visits Austria (documentary, short film, 1956).
* South Seas Adventure (1958).

### As an executive producer

* Tobor the Great (1954).
* The Days of Our Years (short film, documentary, 1955).

### As a writer

* Portrait of a Genius (short film), 1943