Lee Livingston knows how to tell a story. He began writing ad copy for McCann-Erickson right out of college and eventually rose through the creative ranks there. After a successful run in the ad business, he launched his own film company in 1980 and told stories with pictures for the next 40 years. And he was very good at that, too.
Born in 1943 in Los Angeles, he grew up in Cleveland Ohio. His father was a senior executive with Bechtel and his mother was, not surprisingly, a writer with published articles in Redbook and Ladies Home Journal, among others.  
After graduating from Claremont McKenna College, Lee attended UCLA and learned the film and TV business from the best.  He joined the Army reserve at the height of the Viet Nam War and was assigned to a unit of creatives, many of whom went on to great fame as agents, heads of film studios, and Hollywood power brokers.
In the early sixties, Lee and his friend, Dango decided to drive out to L.A. for a few weeks. That turned into quite an adventure, the subject of his new book, In the Rearview Mirror.
Lee lives in Sandy Springs, GA with his wife, Linda.