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Rene
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Emmy Award-winning writer/producer Rene Balcer (“Law & Order”) is currently co-creator and executive producer of NBC’s successful freshman crime drama “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” which stars Vincent D’Onofrio, Courtney B. Vance, Kathryn Erbe and Jamey Sheridan. The series returns for its fourth season this fall.
Balcer is a native of Montreal, Canada, who began his career as a combat cameraman during the Arab-Israeli Yom Kippur War in 1973. A graduate of McGill and Loyola Universities, Balcer was a journalist for numerous Canadian newspapers and magazines before becoming a documentary filmmaker at Canada’s National Film Board. In 1980, he moved to Los Angeles, where from 1980-92 he wrote and developed a variety of feature films for Zoetrope, Paramount, Universal, Fox, Disney and Columbia.
In 1990, Balcer joined the staff of “Law & Order” during its first season, and ultimately became the series’ showrunner, executive producer and head writer in 1996. During his four years as showrunner, Balcer led “Law & Order” to become a Top-10 ratings winner and to its first Emmy win for Outstanding Drama Series in 1997.
In addition to the Emmy, Balcer has received over 45 awards and nominations, including the Writers Guild Award for Outstanding Teleplay, the Peabody Award, three Edgars from the Mystery Writers of America, the Producers Guild Golden Laurel Award, and two Silver Gavels from the American Bar Association.
Balcer’s other television credits include the CBS pilot “Hopewell,” the movie “Out on the Edge” (which won him the Award for Excellence from the American Psychological Association), “Stranger in the Family,” “Nasty Boys” and “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” Balcer also created the series “Mission: Protection Rapprochee” for TF1-France/Transfilm.
Balcer is currently involved in a four-year overall production deal with Universal TV.
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