Jonathan Livingston Seagull (film) his beliefs. Eventually, Jonathan himself ends up becoming a mentor for other seagulls who are suffering the same fates in their own flocks as he once did. Director Hall Bartlett first read the book "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" in a San Fernando Valley barbershop when he impulsively decided to call the publisher, Macmillan, and then author Richard Bach, to buy the film rights. Bartlett suggested that the story needed to be told simply, without animation or actors, and acquired the property for $100,000 and fifty percent of the profits. He granted Bach final approval rights on the film and all advertising
Jane Livingston curated a show of John Alexander's works at the Smithsonian in 2008. Livingston is the author and co-author of numerous books and catalogs. Her work on "The Art of Richard Diebenkorn" (1997) helped produce a book that collected the most important works of Richard Diebenkorn, who had been under-represented in publishing. Jane Livingston Jane Shelton Livingston (born 12 February 1944 in Upland, California) is an American art curator. From 1967 to 1975, Livingston was curator of 20th-century art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She was editor of the Richard Diebenkorn "Catalogue Raisonné" and now works as an