- Born
- Birth nameJustine Tanya Bateman
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Born in Rye, New York, writer/director/producer/author Justine Bateman's directorial feature film debut of her own script, Violet (2021), stars Olivia Munn, Luke Bracey, and Justin Theroux. The film premiered at SXSW and The Toronto Film Festival in 2021. It was released in theaters, to much acclaim, in Oct 2021.
Her best-selling first book, "Fame," a non-fiction about society's need for its presence, was published in 2018 by Akashic Books. Her second book, "Face," is also an Akashic Books best-seller and was published in 2021.
Bateman has an impressive former acting resume that includes Family Ties (1982), Satisfaction (1988), Arrested Development (2003), and many more. She has earned a Golden Globe nomination and two Emmy nominations. An advocate for Net Neutrality, Justine holds a degree from UCLA in Computer Science and Digital Media Management. Her producing credits include Easy to Assemble (2008) with Illeana Douglas and Jared Drake's Z (2011). Bateman wrote and produced her directorial film short debut, Five Minutes (2017), which premiered at the 2017 Toronto Film Festival and was chosen by seven more festivals, including the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. It was one of the winners of the 2019 Amazon Prime Video Direct Festival Stars Program and was chosen by both Short of the Week and Vimeo's Staff Picks. Her follow-up film short was the drama, PUSH (2017).
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpouseMark Fluent(January 2001 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenDuke Kenneth FluentGianetta Fluent
- ParentsVictoria Elizabeth Bateman
- RelativesFrancesca Bateman(Niece or Nephew)Jason Bateman(Sibling)Maple Bateman(Niece or Nephew)
- In 2001, Michael J. Fox told Emmy TV legends that he bonded with Justine, because she was "amazing" and "fantastic" and "tremendously talented". He also found it interesting that he was now seeing all these teenage girls named Mallory and Justine, names he didn't think that were part of lexicon of American girls' names, until she became popular on Family Ties (1982).
- In the mid/early 1990s Justine was sometimes a camp counselor for the YMCA in the LA valley area.
- Daughter of Kent Bateman and older sister of Jason Bateman.
- Had left acting from 2000-2003 to start her own design firm in L.A. She had both a couture and a ready-to-wear line and sold to Saks Fifth Avenue, Bandels, etc.
- In the fall of 2012, she started studying computer science at UCLA. She graduated in 2016 with a BA in Computer Science and Digital Media Management.
- They couldn't wait to get me out. My dad found my place, my mom helped me pack, and my brother was making architectural plans for my bedroom. It was just what you do at 18.
- When I got 'Family Ties', I wasn't even thinking about being an actress. I thought I might become a window dresser.
- I'm going to be in another city when my kids are teenagers. I'll be like, 'Give me a call when you're done with all that.'
- I like to go dancing, have a few beers. I like being alone, too. I have days where it's 'God, get me a shot of tequila.'
- TV as we knew it is absolutely dead. There are still shows in production, still ad buys being made, but the numbers these shows get are a small fraction of the ratings these same type of shows used to command. The amount of TV shows produced annually decreases every year. The amount of people employed by TV shows is far less than it used to be. All these decreases are steady from year to year. Traditional TV is not in a slump, it has been steadily declining. (2010)
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