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Rene Balcer

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Former journalist, from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. See more trivia »

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Hide HideProducer (10 titles)
2013 The Ordained (TV movie) (executive producer) (filming)
 
2013 The No Name Painting Association (documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2013 Jo (TV series) (executive producer - 8 episodes)
– The Catacombes (2013) (executive producer)
– The Opera (2013) (executive producer)
– Le Marais (2013) (executive producer)
– Place Vendôme (2013) (executive producer)
– Invalides (2013) (executive producer)
See all 8 episodes »
 
2013 Watching Tea Leaves in Shanxi (video short) (executive producer)
 
2013 Xu Bing: Tobacco Project Virginia (Redux) (short) (executive producer)
 
2011 Xu Bing's Tobacco Project Virginia (documentary short) (executive producer)
 
2010-2011 Law & Order: LA (TV series) (executive producer - 22 episodes)
– Westwood (2011) (executive producer)
– Van Nuys (2011) (executive producer)
– El Sereno (2011) (executive producer)
– Carthay Circle (2011) (executive producer)
– Plummer Park (2011) (executive producer - as René Balcer)
See all 22 episodes »
 
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV series) (executive producer - 111 episodes, 2001-2006) (consulting producer - 84 episodes, 2006-2011)
– To the Boy in the Blue Knit Cap (2011) (consulting producer - as René Balcer)
– Icarus (2011) (consulting producer - as René Balcer)
– Cadaver (2011) (consulting producer - as René Balcer)
– Trophy Wine (2011) (consulting producer - as René Balcer)
– The Last Street in Manhattan (2011) (consulting producer - as René Balcer)
See all 195 episodes »
 
Law & Order (TV series) (executive producer - 161 episodes, 1996-2010) (producer - 22 episodes, 1994-1995) (co-producer - 18 episodes, 1993-1994) (supervising producer - 13 episodes, 1995-1996) (co-executive producer - 10 episodes, 1996)
– Rubber Room (2010) (executive producer - as René Balcer)
– Immortal (2010) (executive producer - as René Balcer)
– Love Eternal (2010) (executive producer - as René Balcer)
– The Taxman Cometh (2010) (executive producer - as René Balcer)
– Crashers (2010) (executive producer - as René Balcer)
See all 224 episodes »
 
2000 Hopewell (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (17 titles)
2013 The No Name Painting Association (documentary short) (writer)
 
2013 Jo (TV series)
– The Catacombes (2013) (created by / story)
– The Opera (2013) (created by / story / teleplay)
– Le Marais (2013) (created by / story)
– Place Vendôme (2013) (created by / story)
– Invalides (2013) (created by / story)
See all 8 episodes »
 
2013 Watching Tea Leaves in Shanxi (video short) (written by)
 
2009-2011 Law & Order: UK (TV series)
– Dawn Till Dusk (2011) (story "Mayhem")
– Line Up (2011) (story "Performance")
– Deal (2011) (based on "Slave" written by)
– Confession (2010) (based on "Bad Faith" written by)
– Defence (2010) (based on "Pro Se" written by)
See all 9 episodes »
 
2001-2011 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV series)
– To the Boy in the Blue Knit Cap (2011) (developer / as René Balcer)
– Icarus (2011) (developer / as René Balcer)
– Cadaver (2011) (developer / as René Balcer)
– Trophy Wine (2011) (developer / as René Balcer)
– The Last Street in Manhattan (2011) (developer / as René Balcer)
See all 195 episodes »
 
2011 Law & Order: LA (TV series)
– Plummer Park (2011) (written by / as René Balcer)
– Hayden Tract (2011) (written by / as René Balcer)
 
1991-2010 Law & Order (TV series)
– Rubber Room (2010) (written by / as René Balcer)
– Brazil (2010) (story / as René Balcer)
– Brilliant Disguise (2010) (story / as René Balcer)
– Fed (2009) (story / as René Balcer)
– Boy Gone Astray (2009) (story / as René Balcer)
See all 76 episodes »
 
2007-2009 Law & Order Criminal Intent: Russia (TV series)
– Bezuprechnyj (Perfect) (2009) (developer / original story)
– Nastojashhie roditeli (Real Parents) (2009) (developer / original story)
– Dar (The Gift) (2009) (developer / original story)
– Ukradennaja krasota (Stolen Beauty) (2009) (developer / original story)
– Tancor (Dancer) (2009) (developer / original story)
See all 59 episodes »
 
2007-2008 Paris Criminal Inquiries (TV series)
– Trafics (2008) (developer - uncredited / original screenplay / as René Balcer)
– Un crime d'amour (2008) (original screenplay / as René Balcer)
– Visions (2008) (original screenplay / as René Balcer)
– La quête (2008) (original screenplay / as René Balcer)
– L'amour fou (2008) (developer / writer)
See all 16 episodes »
 
2006 Proof of Lies (TV movie) (as Matthew Daniel David)
 
2000 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series)
– Entitled (2000) (story)
 
2000 Hopewell (TV movie)
 
1997-1999 Mission protection rapprochée (TV series)
– En plein coeur (1999) (creator)
– Gardiennes d'ange (1999) (creator)
– Trois en un (1999) (creator)
– Pilote (1997) (written by)
 
1992 Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV series)
– Power Play (1992) (teleplay)
 
1991 Stranger in the Family (TV movie) (written by)
 
1990 Nasty Boys (TV series)
– Blaze of Glory (1990)
 
1989 Out on the Edge (TV movie)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (6 titles)
2013 The Ordained (TV movie) (show runner) (filming)
 
2013 Jo (TV series) (show runner - 8 episodes)
– The Catacombes (2013) (show runner)
– The Opera (2013) (show runner)
– Le Marais (2013) (show runner)
– Place Vendôme (2013) (show runner)
– Invalides (2013) (show runner)
See all 8 episodes »
 
2001-2006 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV series) (show runner - 110 episodes)
– The Good (2006) (show runner)
– On Fire (2006) (show runner)
– To the Bone (2006) (show runner)
– Cruise to Nowhere (2006) (show runner)
– Vacancy (2006) (show runner)
See all 110 episodes »
 
2000 Hopewell (TV movie) (show runner)
 
Law & Order (TV series) (story editor - 11 episodes, 1992) (executive script consultant - 6 episodes, 1992-1993)
– Benevolence (1993) (executive script consultant)
– Virus (1993) (executive script consultant)
– Helpless (1992) (executive script consultant)
– Wedded Bliss (1992) (executive script consultant)
– Forgiveness (1992) (executive script consultant)
See all 17 episodes »
 
1981 Inside the Coppola Personality (assistant: Monte Hellman)
 
Show ShowDirector (3 titles)
2013 Watching Tea Leaves in Shanxi (video short)
 
2011 Law & Order: LA (TV series)
– Hayden Tract (2011) (as René Balcer)
 
2010 Law & Order (TV series)
– Rubber Room (2010) (as René Balcer)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (1 title)
2013 Watching Tea Leaves in Shanxi (video short)
 
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
2013 Watching Tea Leaves in Shanxi (video short)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
2011 Xu Bing's Tobacco Project Virginia (documentary short) (composer: theme song)
 
Show ShowArt Department (1 title)
1981 The Trouble with Grandpa (TV movie) (assistant art director, assistant property master)
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
2004 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Murder and the Media Machine (2004) … Himself
 
2003 Criminal Intent: The Beginning (video short)
Himself
 
1995 Frontline (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Does T.V. Kill? (1995) … Himself
 
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Alternate Names:

René Balcer | Matthew Daniel David
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Trivia:

Former journalist, from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. See more »