Robin Bernheim

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Robin Bernheim
Born
Robin Jill Bernheim

Other namesRobin Bernheim Burger
Alma mater
OccupationTelevision screenwriter & producer
Years active1983–present
SpouseDavid Burger
Family Douglas Bernheim (brother)

Robin Jill Bernheim is an American television producer and writer, as well as a story editor and creative consultant.

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Career

Bernheim was born in Santa Monica, California, and is a graduate of Stanford University and UCLA, the latter of which she received her MBA. She broke into television by submitting a spec script to Remington Steele , [1] which starred Stephanie Zimbalist, her friend since childhood. [2] Executive producer Michael Gleason then hired Bernheim on staff, leading to her career as one of the few women writing and producing hour-long, network television dramas in the 1980s and 1990s, including shows like Quantum Leap , Crazy Like a Fox , Houston Knights , MacGyver , Renegade and Tekwar . One of her Star Trek:Voyager episodes was chosen in 2020 by The Hollywood Reporter as one of the most memorable in the series' history [3]

Her work also includes several forays into animation, writing episodes of the Men In Black: The Series and Extreme Ghostbusters cartoons. In 2015, she co-produced and wrote the acclaimed PBS documentary feature Little House On The Prairie: The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder . [4] She was the executive producer of the hit Hallmark series When Calls the Heart from 2015 to 2018, [5] the writer-producer of several Hallmark movies (including I'll Be Home For Christmas and Royal Hearts) [6] and in 2019 co-wrote & co-created the network's Mystery 101 series of movies with Lee Goldberg. [7] Most recently, Bernheim co-wrote and co-produced the 2019 Netflix movie The Princess Switch starring Vanessa Hudgens, as well as a sequel, The Princess Switch: Switched Again, that was scheduled for release for Christmas 2020. [8]

Personal life

Bernheim lives in Dublin, California, with her husband David Burger. [9] Her brother is Douglas Bernheim, currently the Edward Ames Edmunds Professor of Economics at Stanford University.

Filmography

YearTitleRole/JobEpisodes/
Notes
1986 Crazy Like a Fox Writer, Story Editor2 episodes
MacGyver Writer, executive story consultant2 episodes, "The Eraser" & "The Human Factor"
1986–87 Remington Steele Writer, executive story editor7 episodes
1987 Beauty and the Beast WriterEpisode: "Dark Spirit"
Houston Knights Co-producer, writerWrote/produced episode "Mirrors"
Matlock Writer, executive story consultant7 episodes
1990 Star Trek: The Next Generation WriterEpisode: "The Hunted"
1990–91 Over My Dead Body Writer / Teleplay2 episodes
1992 Tequila and Bonetti Producer, writer (Teleplay/Story)5 episodes
1991–92 Beyond Reality Writer3 episodes
1992–93 Quantum Leap Producer, writer5 episodes
1993–96 Renegade Supervising producer, writer6 episodes
1994–96 TekWar Writer, supervising creative consultant22 episodes
1994–98 Diagnosis: Murder Writer3 episodes
1995 Silk Stalkings WriterEpisode: "Tricks of the Trade"
1995–96RenegadeSupervising producer20 episodes
1997 Extreme Ghostbusters WriterEpisode: "Witchy Woman"
1997–98 Ghost Stories Writer / Teleplay writer5 episodes
1998 Men in Black: The Series WriterEpisode: "The Jack O'Lantern Syndrome"
1999–2000 Star Trek: Voyager Producer, writer29 episodes
1999 Soldier of Fortune, Inc. WriterEpisode: "Critical List"
2000–01 Earth: Final Conflict Writer22 episodes
2003 Wild Card WriterTV series; Credited as Robin Jill Burger
2003–04 She Spies Supervising producer, writer23 episodes
2015–2017 When Calls the Heart Executive producer, Writer, Showrunner29 episodes total
2018 The Princess Switch Writer / Producer Netflix film
2018 A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding Writer Netflix film
2019–2021 Mystery 101 Co-Creator7 Hallmark Movies & Mysteries films
2020 The Princess Switch: Switched Again Writer / Producer Netflix film
2021 The Princess Switch 3 Writer / Executive Producer Netflix film
2023When Calls the HeartConsulting producerSeason 10; 6 episodes
2024 Mother of the Bride Writer Netflix film [10]

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  9. https://www.alzinfo.org/memory-wall/janefrancesburger/activity/
  10. https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/mother-of-the-bride-review-1235995420/