Joan Rater (Writing)
Little is known about Joan Rater, a figure with a modest footprint in Writing. Stay tuned for updates as more details become available.
Works
A Small Light
Twentysomething Miep Gies didn't hesitate when her boss Otto Frank came to her and asked her to hide his family from the Nazis during World War II. For the next two years, Miep, her husband Jan, and the other helpers watched over the eight souls in hiding in the Secret Annex. And it was Miep who found Anne’s Diary and kept it safe so Otto, the only one of the eight who survived, could later share it with the world as one of the most powerful accounts of the Holocaust.
Release Date: 2023-05-01
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Episode Count: 8
Vote Count: 93
Fire Country
Seeking redemption and a shortened prison sentence, young convict Bode Donovan joins a firefighting program that returns him to his small Northern California hometown, where he and other inmates work alongside elite firefighters to extinguish massive blazes across the region.
Release Date: 2022-10-07
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 3
Vote Count: 119
Council of Dads
When Scott Perry, a loving father of five, has his entire life’s plan thrown into upheaval by an unexpected health scare, he calls on a few of his most trusted friends to step in as backup dads to help guide and support his growing family.
Release Date: 2020-03-24
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Episode Count: 10
Vote Count: 25
Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas
The quirky and heart-warming story of Jess, who goes on the greatest first date of her life, but inadvertently ‘ghosts’ Ben when she tragically dies in a car accident on the way home. Stuck on Earth, with no idea how to ascend, Jess will need the help of her best friend Kara, the only person who can still see and hear her.
Release Date: 2019-12-04
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Vote Count: 31
Doubt
A successful defense lawyer at a boutique firm becomes romantically involved with a client who may or may not be guilty of a brutal crime.
Release Date: 2017-02-15
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 2
Vote Count: 25
Madam Secretary
After years away from the CIA, Elizabeth McCord is pulled back into the political arena. The newly appointed Secretary of State is tough, fair, and smart, driving international diplomacy, wrangling office politics, and circumventing protocol as she negotiates global and domestic issues, both at the White House and at home.
Release Date: 2014-09-21
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 300
Haunting Sarah
A mother dealing with the death of her young son learns that her niece is in contact with his spirit.
Release Date: 2005-10-02
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Vote Count: 17
Grey's Anatomy
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.
Release Date: 2005-03-27
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 18
Vote Count: 10385
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
The inner workings of the judicial system, beginning with the arraignment, and continuing through the prosecutors' complicated process of building a case, investigating leads and preparing witnesses for trial.
Release Date: 2005-03-03
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 22
Threat Matrix
Against the rising threat, the Homeland Security Agency has created a highly specialized, elite task force trained and equipped to counter anyone or anything that threatens our nation. The head of this super-secret team is Special Agent John Kilmer. He reports only to the President and has authority to call upon the technical skills, firepower and the specialist agents of the FBI, CIA and NSA.
Release Date: 2003-09-18
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 6
MDs
Medicine could be a lucrative business if it weren't for all those sick people. So goes the motto of the mega-sized, mega-frugal HMO that runs Mission General Hospital in San Francisco, where two renegade doctors bend the rules and find the loopholes in a constant quest to treat their patients. Together, they practice medicine with a take-no-prisoners attitude and don't-take-no-for-an-answer tactics.
Release Date: 2002-09-25
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 2
Push, Nevada
A mild-mannered IRS agent travels to a remote desert region in search of missing money and stumbles into a strange small town where mystery, danger, and peculiar characters lurk around every off-kilter corner. Everyone in Push has a secret, but no one is talking … unless they're telling our man to get out of town, fast.
Release Date: 2002-09-17
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 5
Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family
Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family is an American television series which ran from March 5, 2000 to March 24, 2001 on the USA Network.
Release Date: 2000-03-05
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 2
Vote Count: 2
Sheriff Country
Mickey Fox investigates criminal activity and patrols the streets of small-town Edgewater while contending with her ex-con father and a mysterious incident involving her wayward daughter.
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Episode Count: 1