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Sidney (Sid) Jay Sheinberg (born 1935 , Corpus Christi, Texas ) is an American entertainment executive. He is married to actress Lorraine Gary . Currently, he runs the Bubble Factory Studios , an independent production company of film projects. Prior to his work with The Bubble Factory, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer at MCA under Lew Wasserman . Sheinberg is credited with discovering director Steven Spielberg , hiring him into the Revue-MCA/Universal Television division, which he ran. In June 1973, Sheinberg was elected President and Chief Operating officer of MCA, Inc. At that time, he was 38 years old. During the years of his tenure, Universal Pictures , a division of MCA, Inc., released the highest-grossing films of each of the past three decades, beginning with '' Jaws '' in 1975, following with '' E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial '' in 1982 and concluding with '' Jurassic Park '' in 1993. It is no coincidence that Steven Spielberg, a filmmaker whose career began with Sid's assistance, was the director of each of these blockbuster hits. In 1955, Sid Sheinberg completed a four-year program in three years at Columbia College and subsequently, attended The University Of Texas School Of Law . Although Sid was second in his class, in 1956 he transferred to Columbia Law School , where he was both a Harlan Fiske Stone and a James Kent Scholar. In the summer of 1958, he arrived in California where he accepted a teaching position at UCLA School Of Law . In 1959 while awaiting the results of his California Bar Examination, Sid joined the legal department of Revue Productions , MCA's former television subsidiary, and began his career in the entertainment industry. Sid not only serves on the National Board of the National Conference Of Christians And Jews but is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Pitzer College (one of the Claremont group of colleges), serves as Vice Chairman of the Museum Of Television And Radio , is a member of the Board of The American Jewish Committee, the Board of Research To Prevent Blindness and the Board of Trustees of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Additionally, Sid serves on The National Board of Human Rights Watch and is co-founder of The Children's Action Network and Hollywood Supports. He received Columbia College's John Jay Award in 1981 for Distinguished Professional Achievement, the American Jewish Committees Human Relations Award in 1982, the National Conference of Christians and Jews Humanitarian Award in 1983, and Pioneer Of The Year Award in 1984 from the Motion Picture Pioneers, as well as the coveted Chevalier De L'Ordre Des Arts et Des Lettres in 1984 bestowed by the French Government. In 1987, he received the DeWitt Carter Reddick Award at the University of Texas in Austin, and in 1989 he was named a Lifetime Honorary Member of the Directors Guild of America, for his decades of service on the DGA-AMPTP Creative Rights Committee. He received the AIDS Project Los Angeles Commitment to Life Award in 1991, the Medal of Honor from the American Academy of Achievement in 1994 and the GLADD Award in 1996. Along with his wife, Lorraine, Sid Sheinberg received the 1995 Simon Wiesenthal Centers Humanitarian Award. |
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