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Mini Bio (1)

Born in Rye, New York, writer/director/producer/author Justine Bateman has an impressive acting resume that includes FAMILY TIES, SATISFACTION, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, 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 with Ileana Douglas and Jared Drake's Z. Bateman wrote and produced her directorial film short debut, FIVE MINUTES, 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 is the drama, PUSH. VIOLET, Bateman's directorial feature film debut of her own script, stars Olivia Munn, Luke Bracey, and Justin Theroux. The film is premiering at SXSW in 2020. Her first book, FAME, a non-fiction about society's need for its presence, was published in 2018 by Akashic Books. Her second book, FACE, will be published in 2021.

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Spouse (1)

Mark Fluent (January 2001 - present) ( 2 children)

Trivia (20)



Was originally considered for the role of Veronica in the cult classic film Heathers (1989).

In the mid/early 1990s Justine was sometimes a camp counselor for the YMCA in the LA valley area.



Attended William Howard Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California.



Is an avid knitter.





Was considered for the role of Emmeline in Die blaue Lagune (1980) that later went to Brooke Shields

She currently runs a production and consulting company, SECTION 5.



Was listed in Vh1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars.





Aunt of Francesca (b. 2006) and Maple (b. 2012) via brother 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.





Currently playing "Lynn Barstow" on the drama Men in Trees (2006). [February 2007]

Attended class at the studio of Hollywood yoga guru Bikram Choudhury, and can be seen on pages 166 and 167 of the first edition (1978) of his how-to book.



Gave birth to her 1st child at age 36, a son named Duke Kenneth Fluent on June 18, 2002. Child's father is her husband, Mark Fluent.



Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 37, a daughter named Gianetta Fluent in January 2004. Child's father is her husband, Mark Fluent.





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 Familienbande (1982).



Was romantically involved with Leif Garrett from 1988 to 1990.

Her father, who is American-born, has English, Scottish, Swiss-German, Swedish, and Danish ancestry. Her mother is British, from Shrewsbury, Shropshire.



In the fall of 2012, she started studying computer science at UCLA.



Has said that she would love to do a movie with Quentin Tarantino.



Personal Quotes (7)

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)



There's no way I'm not doing this [UCLA degree]. When you said, 'Why do you have to work?' ... I have to because I have to. This is my life. There are things I want to do. I see this incredible opportunity for entertainment to be using technology. I just look at where technology's going and what it's doing, and to not want to be a part of that and get on that treadmill ... Honestly, I would just want to die. I wouldn't be who I am if I didn't jump in that.



I'd like to get an MBA, but I'll be 50 when I graduate and I just want to get at it. If I get out there and realize, oh, I really need an MBA to hold the positions I want to hold, then I'll come back and do it. But, you know, I want to get in there.

