Curiosidades

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, Steven Spielberg, and told him he should do it.. and he did, it was La lista de Schindler (1993).

Generally credited with discovering Steven Spielberg.

Responsible for the substantial changes made to Legend (1985) for its American release. He also tried a similar tactic with Brazil (1985) but unlike Ridley Scott and his film Blade Runner (1982), Terry Gilliam refused to compromise and prevailed in the end.

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.

Co-owned a large apartment on the 62nd floor of Trump Tower in Manhattan with Steven Spielberg.

Former studio chief of Universal Pictures, as well as a close colleague of the late Lew Wasserman (former head of Universal Studios and MCA).

Father of Bill Sheinberg and Jonathan Sheinberg

During his teenage years in Corpus Christi, Texas he was a professional disc jockey and English/Spanish newscaster at a local radio station.

Son of Tillie (Grossman) and Harry Sheinberg. His parents were Russian Jewish immigrants.

He was interred at Mount Sinai Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California.

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.

Earned degrees from Columbia University and Columbia Law School.