• Sidney Jay Sheinberg (January 14, 1935 – March 7, 2019) was an American businessman, lawyer and entertainment executive. He served as president and CEO...
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  • Israeli-Canadian businessman Sidney Sheinberg (1935–2019), American entertainment executive This page lists people with the surname Sheinberg. If an internal link...
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  • Humanitarian Award. Gary married entertainment industry executive Sidney Sheinberg on August 19, 1956, at the age of 19, with whom she has two sons named...
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  • in 1974. He separately proposed the idea to Universal Pictures CEO Sidney Sheinberg and Paramount Pictures CEO Barry Diller. Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis...
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  • tell Schindler's story. Spielberg became interested when executive Sidney Sheinberg sent him a book review of Schindler's Ark. Universal Pictures bought...
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  • outpost explosion to posit the monster's death. Universal executive Sidney Sheinberg disliked the ending's nihilism and, according to Carpenter, said, "Think...
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  • Wasserman took over as chairman and chief executive officer, while Sidney Sheinberg was appointed president and chief operating officer of MCA. Other executives...
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  • "Sensurround is as big a star as there is in movies today," said Sidney Sheinberg, head of MCA, who attributed the better-than-expected success of Earthquake...
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  • including MCA/Universal chiefs Jules C. Stein, Lew Wasserman and Sid Sheinberg, entertainment lawyer Paul Ziffren (the driving force behind bringing...
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  • partnership with Marvel Comics. According to Marvin Antonowsky, "Sidney [Sheinberg] lobbied very hard for Howard the Duck", because the studio had passed...
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  • total came to $4,529,843, against a production budget of $42 million. Sidney Sheinberg, whose production company The Bubble Factory produced the film for...
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  • Preceded by Sidney Sheinberg Universal Studios Presidents 1995–2013 Succeeded by Jeff Shell...
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  • (1982) and demanded his involvement in Back to the Future be minimal. Sidney Sheinberg installed himself as chief executive to oversee the studio's investment...
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    actors cast were Lorraine Gary, the wife of president of Universal Sidney Sheinberg, as Ellen Brody, and Murray Hamilton as the mayor of Amity Island....
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  • selected theaters in Los Angeles and New York. Universal presidents Sidney Sheinberg and Lew Wasserman heard about the praise the film had been garnering...
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  • hesitant to take part in the movie. It was not until Universal executive Sidney Sheinberg suggested Roy Scheider that Friedkin managed to cast the leading role...
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    Wasserman took over as chairman and chief executive officer, while Sidney Sheinberg was appointed president and chief operating officer of MCA. Other executives...
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  • Island. As MCA Universal was going through a difficult period, its CEO Sidney Sheinberg saw that a third sequel to Jaws was likely to make a good profit, following...
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    Mike Nichols 23 1995 Steven Spielberg Director 48 March 2, 1995 NBC Sidney Sheinberg 24 1996 Clint Eastwood Actor, director 65 February 29, 1996 ABC Steven...
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    theatrical release, the 26-minute 35 mm Amblin'. Studio vice president Sidney Sheinberg was impressed and offered Spielberg a seven-year directing contract...
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  • president of NBC News Robert Shaye (1939–), founder of New Line Cinema Sidney Sheinberg (1935–2019), former long-time executive at MCA Inc. and Universal Studios...
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    artists struggled against exploitation. Lee said that Lew Wasserman, Sidney Sheinberg, or Tom Pollock, the Jewish heads of MCA and Universal Studios, were...
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  • (Steve) while they vacationed together in 1986. Anderson contacted Sidney Sheinberg at Universal, who agreed to develop it. A chance meeting with Brandon...
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  • story relayed by Quint in the first film. Although Universal president Sidney Sheinberg thought Sackler's treatment for the film was intriguing, he rejected...
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  • worth a few chuckles, but the really amazing thing is that huckster Sid Sheinberg put up the cash to dump this slime-covered turd into more than 1,500 theaters...
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  • producer Sid Ramin – composer, arranger Michelle Guish – casting director Sidney Sheinberg – executive, producer Ben Barenholtz – distributor, executive, producer...
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  • in six hundred theatres on 4 February 1983. Cronenberg stated that Sidney Sheinberg regretted giving the film a wide theatrical release rather than treating...
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  • Production Designer The Greatest Story Ever Told Planet of the Apes 7 Sidney Sheinberg 84 US Producer, Executive McHale's Navy A Simple Wish 16 Richard Erdman...
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  • Written by Robert Wolterstorff Mike Scott Produced by Sidney Sheinberg Bill Sheinberg Jonathan Sheinberg Starring B. D. Wong Bronson Pinchot Sam McMurray Cinematography...
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  • film production company founded by former MCA Inc. president/COO Sid Sheinberg with his sons, Jon and Bill. The company was formed after MCA was taken...
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