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Writer, producer, director, showrunner, photographer. René Balcer (born February 9, 1954) is a Canadian-American television writer, director, producer, and showrunner, as well as a photographer and documentary film-maker.
Talks. René Balcer, writer-director of documentary Above the Drowning Sea, tells how the story of the escape of Jews from Nazi-controlled Europe to Shanghai on the eve of WWII, is an echo of history with parallels in today’s world. Shot across six countries, the documentary follows the personal journeys of Jewish refugees who came to ...
By Yannick Faillard, July 13, 2018. 0 0. Above the Drowning Sea, a new documentary directed by René Balcer and Nicola Zavaglia, highlights the escape of European Jews from Nazi-controlled Europe on the eve of World War II. The film reveals that a chapter in history as broadly analyzed as the Holocaust still bears its secrets and hidden narratives.
USA. 2017. 88 min. Above the Drowning Sea - Trailer from Rene Balcer on Vimeo. Above the Drowning Sea tells the story of the dramatic escape of European Jews from Nazi-controlled Europe to Shanghai on the eve of World War II.
The Directors. René Balcer & Nicola Zavaglia – The Interview. René Balcer, Writer-Director. René Balcer is well known as the showrunner, head writer and executive producer of the iconic television series Law & Order, and as the co-creator and showrunner of its hit spin-off series Law & Order Criminal Intent.
Jul 3, 2023 · Ever since Concordia awarded René Balcer, BA 78, LLD 08, an honorary doctorate in 2008, the versatile TV veteran has kept himself busy.. In 2010, Balcer, whose work as showrunner and executive producer on Law & Order garnered him an Emmy in 1997, wrote and directed what was then considered the finale of the long-running legal drama (it was revived in 2022).
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Born in Montréal in 1954, René Balcer studied photography and visual representation at Concordia University. Inspired by such artists as Edward Hopper and Ed Ruscha and photographers Robert Capa, Leonard Freed, and Liliane De Cock, Balcer began his photography work in 1968.
