René Balcer (Writer)
Details about René Balcer are limited at this time. With a growing presence in Writer, more information may emerge as their career progresses.
Works
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
Release Date1999-09-20
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count3
Vote Count3986
Law & Order
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
Release Date1990-09-13
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count456
Vote Count625
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.
Release Date1987-09-28
DepartmentWriting
JobTeleplay
Episode Count1
Vote Count1604
FBI
The New York office of the FBI brings to bear all their talents, intellect and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep their city and the country safe.
Release Date2018-09-25
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Vote Count850
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
Release Date2001-09-30
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count106
Vote Count356
FBI: Most Wanted
The Fugitive Task Force relentlessly tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau's Most Wanted list. Seasoned agents oversee the highly skilled team that functions as a mobile undercover unit that is always out in the field, pursuing those who are most desperate to elude justice.
Release Date2020-01-07
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Episode Count29
Vote Count411
Jo
Jo is an English-language French police procedural television series created by Canadian/USA screenwriter René Balcer of Law & Order fame with French writing team Franck Ollivier & Malina Detcheva, known for the mini-series Lost Signs. It is co-produced by the French Atlantique Productions and the Belgian Stromboli Pictures companies in association with broadcast partners TF1, RTBF, Sat.1, ORF and RTS.
Release Date2013-01-17
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count8
Vote Count18
Law & Order True Crime
An anthology series that delves into the players, the crime and the media circus, detailing the day-to-day battles of the trial and unveiling the shocking truth of what really went down when the cameras stopped rolling.
Release Date2017-09-26
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count84
Mission : protection rapprochée
Release Date1999-09-10
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
The Ordained
About the son of a Kennedy-esque family who leaves the priesthood and becomes a lawyer to prevent his politician sister from being assassinated.
Release Date2013-06-01
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
Vote Count1
Out on the Edge
Danny is a troubled teen with a difficult home life. His parents' marriage has disintegrated, and his father's already found someone else he'd like to wed. So, Danny turns to drugs to soothe his lost soul, and when he goes too far, his mother checks him into a psychiatric unit. Can Danny finally turn his life around, and will his father help?
Release Date1989-05-14
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count3
Stranger in the Family
Steve Thompson is losing himself, one memory at a time. Plagued with amnesia after getting a concussion, Steve is overwhelmed by his unrecognizable life and leaves his family in search of answers. But his quest only returns him back home, where he must face his demons and get at the truth.
Release Date1991-10-27
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count6
Proof of Lies
A scientist researches the genetic cause of addictive behavior.
Release Date2006-08-16
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count4
Nasty Boys, Part 2: Lone Justice
Release Date1990-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count2
Inside the Coppola Personality
Monte Hellman's short portrait of Francis Ford Coppola discussing business and craft at home and on the set of his Zoetrope Studios.
Release Date1981-01-01
DepartmentDirecting
JobAssistant Director
Vote Count1
Above the Drowning Sea
A documentary about Jewish refugees from Nazi Europe who, at a time when all doors were closed to them, found sanctuary in Shanghai, thanks to the intervention of Chinese diplomat Ho Feng Shan who as Chinese consul in Vienna defied the Nazis and his own government by issuing travel visas to the desperate refugees. The film tells the story from the point of view of the refugees and the Chinese people who sheltered them. In light of today's refugee crisis, an inspiring poetic tale about two peoples who found common cause and dignity in a world in chaos.
Release Date2017-05-30
DepartmentDirecting
JobDirector
Amanita Pestilens
A man obsessed with his award-winning lawn goes to great lengths to keep it looking great when mushrooms suddenly start appearing all over the yard.
Release Date1963-02-01
Vote Count1