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RENE BALCER is a former journalist and documentary filmmaker best known for producing, writing, and showrunning the hit television series Law & Orderand its spin-off series Law & Order: Criminal Intent, which he also created. He also wrote for the series Star Trek: The Next Generation, and penned three made-for-television movies, one of which, Out on the Edge (1990), won the American Psychological Association Award of Excellence. He has won four Edgar Awards, a Peabody Award, the Golden Laurel Award from the Producers Guild of America, and two Silver Gavel Awards. Balcer has lectured widely about writing, art, and the duties of artists in free societies, notably at Columbia, NYU, Harvard, UCLA, Loyola Marymount, the Sorbonne (Paris), Central Academy of Fine Arts (Beijing), Canadian Film Centre (Toronto), Deauville American Film Festival, Banff World Media Festival, Monte Carlo TV Festival, International Ukiyo-e Society (Tokyo), and SPAA Conference (Brisbane).