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Justine Bateman

JUSTINE BATEMAN is an author and filmmaker with an impressive, decades-long résumé in film and TV that includes a Golden Globe nomination and two Emmy nominations. Her feature films are the avant-garde pieces Look and Feel, and the critically acclaimed Violet starring Olivia Munn and Justin Theroux (an official selection of SXSW and the Toronto Film Festival). Bateman’s shorts include the 2017 award-winning Five Minutes, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and was chosen by the Tribeca Film Festival and others. Her books, Fame: The Hijacking of Reality and the subsequent Face: One Square Foot of Skin, are both bestsellers. Bateman is the founder of CREDO23 and the non-AI CREDO23 Film Festival. She holds a degree in computer science and digital media management from UCLA.

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Fame: The Hijacking of Reality

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A passionate and critical analysis of the life cycle of Fame, from film producer/director and former worldwide TV star Justine Bateman.

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Fame: The Hijacking of Reality (Paperback edition)

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Forthcoming: 6/2/26

A passionate and critical analysis of the life cycle of Fame, from film producer/director and former worldwide TV star Justine Bateman; featuring a brand-new preface to the paperback edition

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