Sidney Sheinberg

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American Jew business executive film executive human

Sidney Sheinberg was an influential American entertainment executive best known for his long tenure as president and COO of MCA/Universal Studios and for helping launch the career of director Steven Spielberg.

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Label	Occurrences
Sidney Sheinberg canonical	4
Sheinberg	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Jew ⓘ business executive ⓘ film executive ⓘ human ⓘ
birthDate	1935-01-14 ⓘ
birthPlace	Corpus Christi, Texas, United States ⓘ
boardMemberOf	American Jewish Committee ⓘ Human Rights Watch ⓘ
causeOfDeath	Parkinson’s disease ⓘ
child	Jonathan Sheinberg ⓘ William Sheinberg ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	2019-03-07 ⓘ
educatedAt	Columbia Law School ⓘ Columbia University ⓘ
employer	MCA ⓘ surface form: MCA Inc. Universal Studios ⓘ Universal Television ⓘ
familyName	Sidney Sheinberg self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sheinberg
genre	motion pictures ⓘ television production ⓘ
givenName	Sidney ⓘ
industry	film industry ⓘ television industry ⓘ
knownFor	long tenure at MCA/Universal Studios ⓘ mentoring Steven Spielberg ⓘ
name	Sidney Sheinberg self-link ⓘ
notableAchievement	greenlit the film Jaws ⓘ helped launch the career of Steven Spielberg ⓘ oversaw Universal during the rise of the modern blockbuster era ⓘ signed Steven Spielberg to a long-term contract at Universal ⓘ
notableWork	development of Universal’s film and television business ⓘ expansion of Universal’s television production in the 1960s and 1970s ⓘ support of films such as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ⓘ
occupation	entertainment executive ⓘ lawyer ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Beverly Hills, California, United States ⓘ
positionHeld	Chief Operating Officer of MCA Inc. ⓘ Head of Universal Television ⓘ President and Chief Operating Officer of MCA/Universal Studios ⓘ President of MCA Inc. ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
residence	Los Angeles ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
spouse	Lorraine Gary ⓘ
workPeriodEnd	1990s ⓘ
workPeriodStart	1960s ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lorraine Gary → spouse → Sidney Sheinberg ⓘ

Lorraine Gary → relative → Sidney Sheinberg ⓘ

Lorraine Gottfried → spouse → Sidney Sheinberg ⓘ

subject surface form: Lorraine Gary

Sidney Sheinberg → name → Sidney Sheinberg self-link ⓘ

Sidney Sheinberg → familyName → Sidney Sheinberg self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sheinberg