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Born. ( 1954-02-09) February 9, 1954 (age 70) Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Nationality. Canadian, American. Occupation (s) 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.
and Carolyn Balcer, the exhibition exemplifies the creativity and cultural hybridity Hasui’s work embodies. His art has been embraced by American and Japanese audiences alike for nearly a century. This exhibition is generously supported by Carolyn Hsu-Balcer and René Balcer E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation Christie’s The Japan ...
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 Shanghai, and ...
Ms. Carolyn Hsu-Balcer memorized that her father once lived in Shanghai and at the time Chinese people and Jewish refugees were living in harmony with each other. At the end of the conversation, Mr. Balcer summarized, “The lesson that the film teaches is these people were not saved by any government or some big policy.
Carolyn Hsu-Balcer, Co-Executive Producer Carolyn Hsu-Balcer is a designer, philanthropist, and art collector based in Los Angeles and New York. She is a past trustee of the China Institute in New York, an organization founded in 1926 by her great grand-uncle, the educator Kuo Ping Wen, among others.
Mar 29, 2015 · Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2006.271, Rene and Carolyn Balcer Collection Kawase Hasui, Taikyokuden, Kyoto, from the series "Selection of Scenes of Japan," 1922, woodblock print, ink and color on paper Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2006.308, Rene and Carolyn Balcer Collection
Premiere Screening: " Above the Drowning Sea " (《上海餘生》) a documentary of Jewish refugees in Shanghai during WWII and meeting and discussion with the filmmakers René Balcer, an award-winning producer of "Law and Order" and Carolyn Hsu-Balcer, a designer, philanthropist and art collector. Introducer and Moderator: Professor Ying Qian ...
