Trivia

American experimental film maker, writer, producer and director. Many of his films deal with social issues, such as racial tension, teenage angst, life in prison, and so on. His early documentary, Navajo (1952), dealing with modern American Indian lives, was nominated for an Oscar. Bartlett's chief claim to fame is the idiosyncratic feature Jonathan Livingston Gaviota (1973), the tale of a bird's quest for happiness.

Graduated Phil Beta Kappa from Yale.

The screenplay for his film La hora trágica (1957) was the basis for the spoof ¿Y dónde está el piloto? (1980), which borrows much of its dialogue directly from the earlier film.