His daughter Mary Catherine Bateson published a joint biography of her parents ( Bateson and Margaret Mead ) in 1984 . Bateson 's legacy was reintroduced to new audiences by his daughter the filmmaker Nora Bateson , with the release of '' An Ecology of Mind '' , a documentary that premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival . This film was selected as the audience favourite with the '' Morton Marcus Documentary Feature Award '' at the 2011 Santa Cruz Film Festival , and honoured with the 2011 '' John Culkin Award for Outstanding Praxis in the Field of Media Ecology '' by the Media Ecology Association . The Bateson Idea Group ( BIG ) initiated a web presence in October 2010 . The group collaborated with the American Society for Cybernetics for a joint meeting in July 2012 at the Asilomar Conference Grounds in California
Vancouver International Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
Gregory Bateson