Justine Tanya Bateman (born February 19, 1966) is an American writer, director and producer. Her former acting work includes ''

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'', '' Satisfaction'', ''

Men Behaving Badly ''Men Behaving Badly'' is a British sitcom that was created and written by Simon Nye. It follows the lives of Gary Strang (Martin Clunes) and his flatmates Dermot Povey (Harry Enfield; series 1 only) and Tony Smart (Neil Morrissey; series 2 on ...

'', ''

The TV Set ''The TV Set'' is a 2006 comedy-drama film written and directed by Jake Kasdan and starring David Duchovny, Sigourney Weaver, Ioan Gruffudd, and Judy Greer. The film follows an idealistic writer attempting to bring his vision for a TV show to fruit ...

'', ''

Desperate Housewives ''Desperate Housewives'' is an American comedy-drama soap opera television series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Marc Cherry, Cherry Productions. It aired for eight seasons on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from Octobe ...

'', and ''

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''. Her feature film directorial debut, ''

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'', starring

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Luke Bracey Luke Bracey (born 26 April 1989) is an Australian actor. He is known for his work in films such as ''Monte Carlo'', '' G.I. Joe: Retaliation'', ''The November Man'', ''Point Break'', and ''Hacksaw Ridge''; and for television series such as '' H ...

, and

Justin Theroux Justin Paul Theroux (; born August 10, 1971) is an American actor and filmmaker. He gained recognition for his work with director David Lynch in the mystery film ''Mulholland Drive'' (2001) and the thriller film ''Inland Empire'' (2006). He also ...

, premiered at the 2021

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Film Festival. Bateman also wrote, directed and produced the film short ''Five Minutes'', which premiered at the 2017

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Early life

Bateman was born in

Rye, New York Rye is a coastal suburb of New York City in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is separate from the Town of Rye, which has more land area than the city. The City of Rye, formerly the Village of Rye, was part of the Town until it r ...

, to Victoria Elizabeth, a former

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for

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who was originally from the United Kingdom, and

Kent Bateman Bruce Kent Bateman is an American movie producer and director. Personal life Bateman is the father of actors Jason Bateman and Justine Bateman. Kent Bateman was a film producer for Ealing Films (not to be confused with the Ealing Studios, Britis ...

. She is the older sister of actor

Jason Bateman Jason Kent Bateman (born January 14, 1969) is an American actor, director and producer known for his roles of Michael Bluth in the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox/Netflix sitcom ''Arrested Development (TV series), Arrested Development'' and of Mart ...

. She attended

Taft High School Taft School or Taft High School may refer to: * Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut, founded by Horace Dutton Taft, William Howard Taft's brother Schools named after William Howard Taft: * William Howard Taft High School (Los Angeles) * Willi ...

in Woodland Hills, California. However, Bateman could not attend college at the time due to her contractual obligations with ''Family Ties''. Bateman stated that she was informed by the series' line producer Carol Himes, "You're under contract to

Paramount Studios Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production and distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldest film studio in the world, the second-oldest ...

Career

Acting

Bateman's most prominent acting role began when she was a teenager, playing the role of superficial Mallory Keaton on the television

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''Family Ties'' in 1982; she continued the role throughout the show's run which ended in 1989. She hosted an episode of ''

Saturday Night Live ''Saturday Night Live'' (often abbreviated to ''SNL'') is an American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and Peacock. Michaels currently serves a ...

'' during its 13th season in 1988. From her work on ''Family Ties'' she was nominated for two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. In the 1996–97

NBC The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network. The flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, its headquarters are l ...

American version of the British TV comedy ''

'', featuring

Rob Schneider Robert Michael Schneider (; born October 31, 1963) is an American actor, comedian, and screenwriter. A stand-up comic and veteran of the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'', he went on to a career in feature films, including starri ...

and

Ron Eldard Ronald Jason Eldard (born February 20, 1965) is an American actor. Early life Eldard was born on Long Island, New York. He is the sixth of seven children, and has four sisters and two brothers. He is of Irish and Scottish descent. Eldard's mothe ...

, she starred as Sarah, Eldard's character's girlfriend. Bateman returned to TV with the 2003 Showtime mini-series ''Out of Order'', alongside Eric Stoltz, Felicity Huffman and

William H. Macy William Hall Macy Jr. (born March 13, 1950) is an American actor. His film career has been built on appearances in small, independent films, though he has also appeared in mainstream films. Some of his best known starring roles include those i ...

. In the third-season ''

Arrested Development The term "arrested development" has had multiple meanings for over 200 years. In the field of medicine, the term "arrested development" was first used, ''circa'' 1835–1836, to mean a stoppage of physical development; the term continues to be use ...

'' episode "

," which was broadcast in February 2006, her character is initially believed to be

Michael Bluth Nichael "Michael" Bluth is a fictional character and the protagonist of the American television sitcom ''Arrested Development'', created by Mitchell Hurwitz, and portrayed by Jason Bateman. Michael serves as the series straight man, and leads h ...

's sister, but she turns out to be a

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taken advantage of by his father, and pimped by his brother. Michael Bluth was played by Bateman's brother Jason. Recurring roles included ''

Men in Trees ''Men in Trees'' is an American romantic comedy-drama television series starring Anne Heche as relationship coach Marin Frist, which premiered on September 12, 2006, on ABC. The series is set in the fictional town of Elmo, Alaska, and concerns M ...

'', ''Still Standing'', and ''

''. In 1988, Bateman starred in the lead role in the motion picture '' Satisfaction''. The film, about an all-girl musical band, also featured

Julia Roberts Julia Fiona Roberts (born October 28, 1967) is an American actress. Known for her leading roles in films encompassing a variety of genres, she has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and thr ...

Liam Neeson William John Neeson (born 7 June 1952) is an actor from Northern Ireland. He has received several accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and two Tony Awards. In 2020, he was placed 7th on ''The I ...

, and

Britta Phillips Britta Phillips (born June 11, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and actress. Phillips' music career spans more than 30 years. She came to prominence in the mid-1980s as the singing voice of the title character ...

. Bateman starred as the lead vocalist and also performed the vocals on the soundtrack. Other films include ''The Night We Never Met'', with

Matthew Broderick Matthew Broderick (born March 21, 1962) is an American actor. His roles include the Golden Globe-nominated portrayal of the title character in '' Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' (1986), the voice of adult Simba in Disney's ''The Lion King'' (1994) ...

, and ''The TV Set'', with

David Duchovny David William Duchovny ( ; born ) is an American actor, writer, producer, director, novelist, and singer-songwriter. He is known for portraying FBI agent Fox Mulder on the television series ''The X-Files'' (1993–2002, 2016-2018) and as writ ...

and

Sigourney Weaver Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver (; born October 8, 1949) is an American actress. A figure in science fiction and popular culture, she has received various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Gram ...

. Bateman has acted in several

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. She acted in

John August John August (born August 4, 1970) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist. He is known for writing the films '' Go'' (1999), ''Charlie's Angels'' (2000), '' Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle'' (2003), '' Big Fish'' (2003), ' ...

's ''Remnants'',

Illeana Douglas Illeana Hesselberg (born July 25, 1961 or 1965), known professionally as Illeana Douglas, is an American actress and filmmaker. She appeared in three episodes of '' Six Feet Under'', for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination as O ...

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-sponsored ''Easy to Assemble'' (for which in 2010 Bateman was among the winners of the Streamy Award for Best Ensemble Cast and was nominated for a Streamy Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Web-Series), and

Anthony Zuiker Anthony E. Zuiker (pronounced ; born August 17, 1968) is an American television writer, television producer, and author. He is best known as the creator of ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''. He produced all four editions of the CSI (franchise ...

's digi-novel series ''Level 26: Dark Prophecy'', in which she plays a

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card reader. Bateman's theater experience includes

Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are '' All My Sons'' (1947), ''Death of a Salesman'' ( ...

's ''

The Crucible ''The Crucible'' is a 1953 play by American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692–93. Miller wrote the play as a ...

'' (Roundabout Theater),

David Mamet David Alan Mamet (; born November 30, 1947) is an American playwright, filmmaker, and author. He won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for his plays ''Glengarry Glen Ross'' (1984) and '' Speed-the-Plow'' (1988). He first gained cri ...

's ''

Speed the Plow ''Speed-the-Plow'' is a 1988 play by David Mamet that is a satirical dissection of the American movie business. As stated in ''The Producer's Perspective'', "this is a theme Mamet would revisit in his later films ''Wag the Dog'' (1997) and ''St ...

'' (Williamstown Theater Fest), and

Frank Wedekind Benjamin Franklin Wedekind (July 24, 1864 – March 9, 1918) was a German playwright. His work, which often criticizes bourgeois attitudes (particularly towards sex), is considered to anticipate expressionism and was influential in the de ...

's ''Lulu'' (Berkeley Rep).

Writer

Bateman wrote her feature film directorial debut, ''Violet'', premiered at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival. Bateman also wrote her short film directorial debut, ''Five Minutes''. It premiered at the

in 2017. She made her first script sale to Disney's ''

Wizards of Waverly Place ''Wizards of Waverly Place'' is an American fantasy teen sitcom created by Todd J. Greenwald that aired on Disney Channel for four seasons between October 2007 and January 2012. The series centers on Alex Russo (Selena Gomez), a teenage wiza ...

''. She also co-wrote the adaptation of

Lisi Harrison Elyse E. "Lisi" Harrison (née Gottlieb; born on July 29, 1970) is a Canadian novelist. She writes young adult fiction and is well known for her three series ''The Clique'', ''Alphas'' and ''Monster High Monster High is an American multime ...

's teenage book series ''The Clique'' for a Warner Bros. internet series. Bateman's first book, ''Fame: The Hijacking of Reality'', was published in 2018 by

Akashic Books Akashic Books is a Brooklyn-based independent publisher. Akashic Books' collection began with Arthur Nersesian's ''The Fuck Up'' in 1997, and has since expanded to include Dennis Cooper's "Little House on the Bowery" series, Chris Abani's Black ...

. Her second book, ''Face: One Square Foot of Skin'', was also published by Akashic Books in 2021.

Producer

Irina Slutsky, Felicia Day and Justine Bateman

In the fall of 2007, Bateman helped produce the Speechless campaign in support of the Writers Guild of America strike. Bateman also co-produced and co-presented with fashion maven

Kelly Cutrone Kelly Cutrone (born Kelly Blanding circa 1965) is an American publicist, television personality and author. Early life and career beginnings Kelly Cutrone was born and raised in Camillus, New York. Cutrone graduated from Syracuse University in 1 ...

on their internet talk show ''Wake Up and Get Real'' (''WUAGR''). Described as an alternative to the television series ''The View'', ''WUAGR'' was last broadcast in June 2011. She was also a producer on the internet series ''Easy to Assemble (''which garnered more than 5.1 million views during its second season.), Bateman produced the film short, ''Z'', ''Five Minutes'' (Toronto Film Festival 2017 premiere), and ''Push,'' and the feature film, ''Violet'' (SXSW 2021 Film Festival Premiere). Her production company is Section 5.

Director

Her feature film directorial debut, ''

'', starring Olivia Munn, Justin Theroux, and Luke Bracey, premiered at the SXSW 2021 film festival. Her short film directorial debut, ''Five Minutes'', was an official selection at various film festivals, including the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival and the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. It was a winner in Amazon Prime's Festival Stars competition, and one of Vimeo's Short of the Week.

Other work

During a hiatus from the entertainment business, Bateman established a clothing design company in 2000. She managed it until its closure in 2003. Justine Bateman Designs was known for one-of-a-kind hand knits. It sold to BendelsNY,

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, and

Fred Segal Fred Segal is a clothing and accessories retail brand founded in West Hollywood, California. Its main location is on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, California, United States. Stores There are four Fred Segal locations in the United States ...

. She served on the National Board of Directors of the

Screen Actors Guild The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) was an American labor union which represented over 100,000 film and television principal and background performers worldwide. On March 30, 2012, the union leadership announced that the SAG membership voted to m ...

until July 2009, when she resigned just before the end of her initial three-year term.

Personal life

In 2001, Bateman married Mark Fluent, with whom she has two children. An outspoken supporter of

net neutrality Network neutrality, often referred to as net neutrality, is the principle that Internet service providers (ISPs) must treat all Internet communications equally, offering users and online content providers consistent rates irrespective of co ...

, she testified before the

United States Senate Commerce Committee The United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation is a standing committee of the United States Senate. Besides having broad jurisdiction over all matters concerning interstate commerce, science and technology policy, a ...

in support of it in 2008. Bateman earned a degree in computer science and digital media management from the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

(UCLA) in 2016. Bateman is a licensed pilot of single-engine planes and a certified scuba diver.

Filmography

References

External links

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Career

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