Steinberg, David 1942–

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STEINBERG, David 1942–

PERSONAL

Born August 9, 1942, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; son of Jacob (some sources cite Yasha; a rabbi) and Ruth Steinberg; married; wife's name, Judy (a producer); children: Sasha, Rebecca. Education: University of Chicago, M.A., English literature, 1962; attended Hebrew Theological College, Skokie, IL and Hebrew University. Religion: Judaism.

Addresses: Office—MBST Entertainment, 345 North Maple Dr., Suite 200, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Agent—Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career: Comedian, actor, director, producer, and writer. Second City (improvisational comedy group), Chicago, IL, member of company and writer; stand–up comedian at comedy clubs, including the hungry i and the Bitter End. MBST Entertainment, partner; director of television commercials, including advertisements for Pizza Hut.

Awards, Honors: Grammy Award nomination, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, best comedy recording, 1974, for Booga! Booga!; Clio Award (with Roseanne Barr), 1987, for a Pizza Hut commercial; Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding variety, music, or comedy special, 1990, for "Billy Crystal: Midnight Train to Moscow," On Location; Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding writing in a variety or music program, 1991, for The 63rd Annual Academy Awards Presentation; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding directing in a comedy series, 1992, for "The Tapes," Seinfeld; Emmy Award (with others), outstanding writing in a variety or music program, 1992, for The 64th Annual Academy Awards Presentation; Annual CableACE Award (with others), National Cable Television Association, outstanding stand–up comedy special, 1992, for "Paula Poundstone: Cats, Cops, and Stuff," HBO Comedy Hour; Directors Guild of America Award nomination, outstanding directorial achievement in a comedy series, 1997, for "The Finale," Mad about You; Canadian Comedy Award nomination, outstanding directing in a film, 2000, for The Wrong Guy; Gemini Award nomination, Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, best direction in a comedy program or series, 2001, for Big Sound; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding directing for a comedy series, and Directors Guild of America Award nomination, outstanding directorial achievement in a comedy series, both 2003, for "Mary, Joseph, and Larry," Curb Your Enthusiasm; Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding variety, music, or comedy special, 2003, for Robin Williams: Live on Broadway.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Host, The Music Scene, ABC, 1969–1970.

Host, The David Steinberg Show, CBS, 1972.

Host, The Noonday Show, NBC, beginning 1975.

Gabe Moss, Big Sound, Global Television, 2000–2001.

Television Appearances; Specials:

The Return of the Smothers Brothers, NBC, 1970.

The George Segal Show, NBC, 1974.

The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell, PBS, 1982.

Voice of the casting director, Billy Crystal: A Comic's Line, HBO, 1984.

Host, Just for Laughs II, Showtime, 1987.

Host, "Just for Laughs IV," Showtime Comedy Spotlight, Showtime, 1987.

"The World of Jewish Humor," Great Performances, PBS, 1990.

Narrator, Here He Is ... the One, the Only ... Groucho (also known as The One, the Only ... Groucho), HBO, 1991.

Host, David Steinberg's Biased and Insensitive Review of the Year, Arts and Entertainment, 1992.

Host, Comedy: Coast to Coast, 1994.

But ... Seriously, Showtime, 1994.

Host and reporter, National Desk, PBS, 1999.

Host, Showbiz Goes to War, PBS, 2000.

(Uncredited) Himself, Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, 2002.

(Uncredited) TV's Most Censored Moments, 2002.

Also appeared in Second City: 25 Years in Revue.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Guest, The Dean Martin Show, NBC, 1967.

Guest, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, CBS, 1969.

Guest, The Tonight Show, NBC, multiple appearances, 1969–1992.

Guest, The Ed Sullivan Show, CBS, 1970.

Himself, "The Odd Couple Meet Their Host," The Odd Couple, ABC, 1971.

Guest, Rowan & Martin's Laugh–In (also known as Laugh–In), NBC, 1971.

Guest host, The Midnight Special, NBC, 1974, 1979, 1980.

Guest host, Fridays, NBC, 1981.

Guest, Late Night with David Letterman, NBC, multiple appearances, between 1986 and 1991.

Sean O'Grady, "The Tale of Jake and the Leprechaun," Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Nickelodeon, 1992.

Guest, The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, 1993.

Neighbor, "An Angel for Murray," Mad about You (also known as Loved by You), NBC, 1995.

Neighbor, "The Couple," Mad about You (also known as Loved by You), NBC, 1995.

Rabbi Lou Menken, "Citizen Buchman," Mad about You (also known as Loved by You), NBC, 1997.

Director, "There's a Puma in the Kitchen," Mad about You (also known as Loved by You), NBC, 1998.

Himself, "Sammy Davis, Jr.," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1999.

Himself, Speaking Freely, PBS, c. 2002.

Himself, Richard Pryor: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 2003.

Also appeared in The Sonny and Cher Show, CBS.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Host, The Noonday Show, NBC, 1975.

Host, Out of Our Minds, syndicated, 1984.

Host, Just for Laughs, CBC, 1987.

Charles Dryden, Dad's a Dog, ABC, 1990.

Television Executive Producer; Series:

Second City TV (also known as SCTV), Global Television, CBC, and syndicated, 1976–1978.

Good Grief, Fox, 1990–1991.

The Paula Poundstone Show (also known as Off the Road with Paula Poundstone), HBO, beginning 1992.

Designing Women, CBS, 1992–1993.

It Had to Be You (also known as Marry Me Anyway), CBS, 1993.

(And creator) Big Sound, Global Television, 2000–2001.

Television Director; Series:

Newhart, CBS, multiple episodes, between 1986 and 1990.

Designing Women, CBS, multiple episodes, 1987, 1991–1993.

Family Man, ABC, multiple episodes, 1988.

Evening Shade, CBS, multiple episodes, 1990–1991.

Mad about You (also known as Loved by You), NBC, multiple episodes, 1993–1998.

The Parent 'Hood, The WB, multiple episodes, 1995–1996.

Big Sound, Global Television, multiple episodes, 2000–2001.

Television Work; Movies:

Director, Switching Goals, ABC, 1999.

Executive producer, Judgement Day: The Ellie Nesler Story, USA Network, 1999.

Television Executive Producer; Specials:

"Billy Crystal—Don't Get Me Started," On Location, HBO, 1986.

"Michael Davis—The Life of the Party," Cinemax Comedy Experiment, Cinemax, 1986.

"Robin Williams—An Evening at the Met," On Location, HBO, 1986.

The Young Comedians All–Star Reunion, HBO, 1986.

"The 11th Annual Young Comedians Show," On Location, HBO, 1987.

"Women of the Night," On Location, HBO, 1987.

"An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr., and Jerry Lewis," HBO Comedy Hour, HBO, 1988.

"The 12th Annual Young Comedians Show," On Location, HBO, 1988.

"Women of the Night II," On Location, HBO, 1988.

"Billy Crystal: Midnight Train to Moscow," On Location, HBO, 1989.

"I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood," HBO Comedy Hour, HBO, 1989.

"Paula Poundstone: Cats, Cops, and Stuff" (also known as "Cats, Cops, and Stuff"), HBO Comedy Hour, HBO, 1990.

"The 14th Annual Young Comedians Show," HBO Comedy Hour, HBO, 1991.

"Kevin Pollak: Stop with the Kicking," HBO Comedy Hour, HBO, 1991.

"Women of the Night III," HBO Comedy Hour, HBO, 1991.

David Steinberg's Biased and Insensitive Review of the Year, Arts and Entertainment, 1992.

"Women of the Night IV Hosted by Tracey Ullman," HBO Comedy Hour, HBO, 1995.

The 1997 ESPY Awards, ABC, 1997.

Paul Rodriguez: Idiots and Armadillos, HBO, 1998.

Women of the Night, 2000.

Robin Williams: Live on Broadway, HBO, 2002.

Television Director; Specials:

I Love Lucy: The Very First Show, CBS, 1990.

Rick Reynolds: Only the Truth Is Funny (also known as Only the Truth Is Funny), Showtime, 1993.

Penn & Teller's Home Invasion Magic, ABC, 1997.

Also directed The Richard Belzer Special.

Television Producer; Awards Presentations:

The ESPY Awards, ESPN, 1995.

Television Director; Episodic:

"The Uncle Devil Show," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1985.

"Big Daddy's Little Lady," The Golden Girls, NBC, 1986.

"Casey at the Bat," Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales and Legends (also known as Tall Tales and Legends), Showtime, 1986.

It's Garry Shandling's Show, Showtime and Fox, 1986.

"Overture," Duet, Fox, 1987.

"Prelude," Duet, Fox, 1987.

The Popcorn Kid, CBS, 1987.

"Adagio" (also known as "Not a Date"), Duet, Fox, 1988.

"Bud, Junior, Junior," Eisenhower & Lutz, CBS, 1988.

"Pursued," The Fanelli Boys, NBC, 1990.

"The Sitting," Get a Life, Fox, 1990.

"The Tapes," Seinfeld, NBC, 1991.

"The Truth," Seinfeld, NBC, 1991.

"All about Dave," It Had to Be You (also known as Marry Me Anyway), CBS, 1993.

"Let's Spend Termite Together," It Had to Be You (also known as Marry Me Anyway), CBS, 1993.

"Long Date's Journey into Night," It Had to Be You (also known as Marry Me Anyway), CBS, 1993.

"Mount St. Helen's," Daddy Dearest (also known as My Son the Bastard), Fox, 1993.

"Private Lives," Daddy Dearest (also known as My Son the Bastard), Fox, 1993.

"Logan's Run," Ink, CBS, 1996.

"The One with Phoebe's Uterus," Friends, NBC, 1998.

"Put on a Happy Face," Living in Captivity, Fox, 1998.

"Ted and Mary," Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO, 2000.

"The Shrimp Incident," Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO, 2001.

"Mary, Joseph, and Larry," Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO, 2002.

Good Girls Don't, Oxygen, 2004.

Director of episodes of Annie McGuire, CBS; The Ellen Burstyn Show, ABC; One Big Family, syndicated; and The Rick Reynolds Show. Director of Spivey's Kid Brother, an early version of Even Stevens, The Disney Channel.

Television Executive Producer; Pilots:

Death & Taxes, NBC, 1993.

The Paul Rodriguez Show, The WB, 1998.

Television Director; Pilots:

Man about Town, ABC, 1986.

One Big Family (also known as Roger Runs Away), syndicated, 1986.

"Baby on Board," CBS Summer Playhouse, CBS, 1988.

Coconut Downs, ABC, 1991.

Death & Taxes, NBC, 1993.

It Had to Be You (also known as Marry Me Anyway), CBS, 1993.

"A Weak First Week," Even Stevens, The Disney Channel, 2001.

What's Up, Peter Fuddy?, Fox, 2001.

Film Appearances:

The rat, Fearless Frank (also known as Frank's Greatest Adventure), American International Pictures, 1967.

Photographer, The Lost Man, Universal, 1969.

Marty Lieberman, The End, United Artists, 1978.

Harris Soane, Something Short of Paradise (also known as Perfect Love), American International Pictures, 1979.

Talk show host, Nothing Personal, American International Pictures, 1980.

The Best of the Big Laff Off, 1983.

Himself, The Tommy Chong Roast (also known as Playboy Comedy Roast: Tommy Chong), 1986.

Meegosh, Willow, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer/United Artists, 1988.

Himself, My Giant, Columbia, 1998.

Outpatient, The Wrong Guy, Lions Gate Films, 1998.

Film Director:

Paternity, Paramount, 1981.

Going Berserk, Universal, 1983.

The Wrong Guy, Lions Gate Films, 1998.

Film Producer:

Executive producer, Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (also known as Brain Candy, The Drug, and Kids in the Hall: La pilule du bonheur), Paramount, 1996.

Extreme Adventures of Super Dave, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 2000.