Brooklyn-born Hawkins worked in Hollywood before heading north in 1979 and eventually serving as head of the Directors Guild of Canada in Vancouver.
Crawford Hawkins, a director, producer and editor in Los Angeles before heading to Canada in 1979 and eventually becoming head of the Directors Guild of Canada on the west coast, has died. He was 85.
Born in Brooklyn, New York on Sept. 21, 1933, Hawkins enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps at age 18 years and fought during the Korean War. He entered the entertainment industry in 1957 after getting a job in the mailroom at CBS for $22.50 a week. He worked early on with Hollywood players like 20th Century Fox, The Jim Henson Company, Mandalay Television and Hallmark Entertainment. While based in Los Angeles, Hawkins in 1979 executive produced a western,While on that shoot, Hawkins met his future wife, Lid Hawkins, a veteran costume designer.
"I have been around a long time and have a lot of experience, familiarity and friendships with the people we deal with on an ongoing basis. In this business people buy from their friends. Everything is too time-sensitive to take chances on new suppliers," Hawkins, then head of the DGC B.C. District Council, said.
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