- Under Budge's leadership Crawley Films made thousands of films and received hundreds of film awards from the late 30s to the early 80s.
- Budge Crawley directed and produced the first Canadian-produced film to win an Oscar for The Man Who Skied Down Everest that won the 1975 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
- Film historian Peter Morris described Crawley as "the Godfather of Canadian film" and "Canada's answer to Sam Goldwyn.".
- In 1977, the City of Ottawa awarded Crawley the Key to the City, and in 1980, Crawley was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "in recognition of a unique contribution to film in Canada".
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