Gregory Bateson was born on May 9, 1904 in Grantchester, Cambridgeshire, England. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Trance and Dance in Bali (1952) and An Ecology of Mind (2010). He was married to Lois Cammack, Elizabeth Sumner and Margaret Mead. He died on July 4, 1980 in San Francisco, California, USA.