Robin Jill Bernheim (a.k.a. Robin Burger) is an American

television producer A television producer is a person who oversees one or more aspects of video production on a television show, television program. Some producers take more of an executive role, in that they conceive new programs and pitch them to the television net ...

and

writer A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers produce different forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels, short stories, books, poetry, travelogues, p ...

, as well as a

story editor Story editor is a job title in motion picture and television production, also sometimes called "supervising producer". In live action television, a story editor is a member of the screenwriting staff who edits scripts, pitches stories, and reports ...

and creative consultant.

Career

Bernheim was born in Santa Monica, California, and is a graduate of Stanford University and UCLA, where she received her MBA. She broke into television by submitting a spec script to ''

Remington Steele ''Remington Steele'' is an American television series co-created by Robert Butler and Michael Gleason. The series, starring Stephanie Zimbalist and Pierce Brosnan, was produced by MTM Enterprises and first broadcast on the NBC network from Oc ...

'', which starred

Stephanie Zimbalist Stephanie Zimbalist (born October 8, 1956) is an American actress best known for her role as Laura Holt in the NBC detective series ''Remington Steele''. Background Stephanie Zimbalist was born in New York City, the daughter of Loranda Stepha ...

, her friend since childhood. Executive producer Michael Gleason then hired Bernheim on staff, leading to her career as one of the few women writing & producing hour-long, network television dramas in the 1980s and 1990s, including shows like ''

Quantum Leap ''Quantum Leap'' is an American science fiction television series, created by Donald P. Bellisario, that premiered on NBC and aired for five seasons, from March 26, 1989, to May 5, 1993. The series stars Scott Bakula as Dr. Sam Beckett, a physi ...

'', '' Crazy Like a Fox'', ''

Houston Knights ''Houston Knights'' is an American crime drama television series set in Houston, Texas. The show ran on CBS from March 11, 1987 to June 7, 1988 and had 31 episodes. Summary The core of the series is the partnership between two very different c ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. One of her '' Star Trek:Voyager'' episodes was chosen in 2020 by ''

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'' as one of the most memorable in the series' history Her work also includes several forays into animation, writing episodes of the '' Men In Black: The Series'' and ''

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'' cartoons. In 2015, she co-produced and wrote the acclaimed PBS documentary feature '' Little House On The Prairie: The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder''. She was the executive producer of the hit Hallmark series ''

When Calls the Heart ''When Calls the Heart'' is an American television drama series, inspired by Janette Oke's book of the same name from her ''Canadian West series'', and developed by Michael Landon Jr. The series began airing on the Hallmark Channel in the Unit ...

'' from 2015 to 2018, the writer-producer of several Hallmark movies (including ''I'll Be Home For Christmas'' and ''Royal Hearts'') and in 2019 co-wrote & co-created the network's ''

Mystery 101 ''Mystery 101'' is an American/Canadian series of mystery TV movies created by Robin Bernheim and Lee Goldberg. It stars Jill Wagner, Kristoffer Polaha and Robin Thomas. The series airs on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel in the United St ...

'' series of movies with

Lee Goldberg Lee Goldberg is an American author, screenwriter, publisher and producer known for his bestselling novels ''Lost Hills'' and ''True Fiction'' and his work on a wide variety of TV crime series, including '' Diagnosis: Murder'', ''A Nero Wolfe My ...

. Most recently, Bernheim co-wrote and co-produced the 2019 Netflix movie ''

The Princess Switch ''The Princess Switch'' is a 2018 American Christmas romantic comedy film directed by Mike Rohl from a screenplay by Robin Bernheim and Megan Metzger. The film stars Vanessa Hudgens, Sam Palladio and Nick Sagar. The film's concept of two peopl ...

'' starring

Vanessa Hudgens Vanessa Anne Hudgens (; born December 14, 1988) is an American actress and singer. After making her feature film debut in ''Thirteen'' (2003), Hudgens rose to fame portraying Gabriella Montez in the ''High School Musical'' film series (2006� ...

, as well as a sequel, ''The Princess Switch: Switched Again'', that will be released for Christmas 2020

Personal life

Bernheim lives in Encino, California, with her husband David Burger and her daughter Katherine. Her brother is

Douglas Bernheim B. Douglas Bernheim is an American professor of Economics, currently the Edward Ames Edmunds Professor of Economics at Stanford University; his previous academic appointments have included an endowed chair in Economics and Business Policy at Pr ...

, currently the Edward Ames Edmunds Professor of Economics at Stanford University.

Filmography

References

External links

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