Budge Crawley

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Frank Radford Crawley (November 14, 1911 – May 13, 1987), known as Budge, was am Academy Award-Winning Canadian cinematographer, director, and producer. He received his first film camera in 1927 as a gift from his father. In 1938, he married Judith Crawley and on their honeymoon, they spent their time making a silent documentary on Quebec's Ile d'Orléans, which won the Hiram Percy Maxim Award for Best Amateur Film in the US.
==Career==
In partnership with his wife Judy and his father Arthur, he co-founded Crawley Films that year. In 1946, Crawley Films became a limited company.
Budge Crawley was devoted to artistic integrity in his film projects. Starting in the 1960s, he made several feature films, all of which were financial disappointments. In contrast, his documentaries earned Crawley Films one to two million dollars per year in the 1960sWade Rose, Barbara. "Budge: What Happened to Canada's King of Film" 91 1998.
Budge has been characterized as a filmmaker and producer with artistic integrityMelnyk, George. "One Hundred Years of Canadian Cinema" 98 2004., a factor which severely compromized his ability to make financially successful films in the non-sponsored realm of Canadian features during the 1960s and 1970s. Indeed, Crawley believed that by increasing financial risk, filmmakers could improve the quality of their filmsCrawley, F. R. "A Slick Way to Skin the Public." Macleans, 10, 13 April 1981.. He believed that one could not create great art if it came from the security of state-funded enterprise nor from an unscrupulous private sector.
In 1980, Crawley recieved the order of Canada ""in recognition of a unique contribution to film in Canada"citation needed.
==Personal Life==
Budge and his wife Judith founded Crawley Films together. In the early 1960s, Crawley and an earlier partner began an affair. Budge and Judy divorced in 1968, and Budge remarried later that year.
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