Sid Sheinberg was born on January 14, 1935 in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA as Sidney Jay Sheinberg. He was a producer, known for 罗拉想要什么 (2015), The Devil's Tomb (2009) and 半魔法 (2018). He was married to 洛兰·加里. He died on March 7, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
Father of Bill Sheinberg and Jonathan Sheinberg
Responsible for the substantial changes made to 传奇 (1985) for its American release. He also tried a similar tactic with 妙想天开 (1985) but unlike 雷德利·斯科特 and his film 银翼杀手 (1982), 特瑞·吉列姆 refused to compromise and prevailed in the end.
Former studio chief of Universal Pictures, as well as a close colleague of the late Lew Wasserman (former head of Universal Studios and MCA).
A very moving script fell into his lap while head of Universal, and he knew that only one man was right for the job, so he sat down with his friend & colleague, 史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格, and told him he should do it.. and he did, it was 辛德勒的名单 (1993).
Co-owns a large apartment on the 62nd floor of Trump Tower in Manhattan with 史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格.
Generally credited with discovering 史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格.
In a memo, which appears in "Back to the Future: The Ultimate Visual History", Sheinberg long believed, and attempted to persuade Steven Spielberg that the title of the movie should be changed to "Space Man From Pluto" to avoid the film from appearing as a "genre" (i.e., time-travel) picture. He even suggested three dialog edits that would make it a thru line in the movie, including changing Marty's line identifying himself as "Darth Vader from the Planet Vulcan" to the thru line. Fortunately, his suggestion was not taken and movie history remains intact.
After college he taught law for a year at UCLA before accepting a position in business affairs at Revue, MCA's television production unit, in 1959.
During his teenage years in Corpus Christi, Texas he was a professional disc jockey and English/Spanish newscaster at a local radio station.
Earned degrees from Columbia University and Columbia Law School.
Son of Tillie (Grossman) and Harry Sheinberg. His parents were Russian Jewish immigrants.