David Steinberg, longtime supervisor to Billy Crystal and Robin Williams, died on August 16, Deadline has confirmed. He was 81.
Steinberg started with a stint in public relations, representing Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Sellers and James Coburn earlier than shifting into administration. In that capability, he joined companions Larry Brezner and Buddy Morra on the agency Rollins & Joffe, which finally morphed into Morra Brezner Steinberg & Tenenbaum Leisure. Specializing in comedy, the agency has been concerned with the likes of Williams, Crystal, David Letterman, Martin Quick, Robert Klein, Martin Mull and Woody Allen.
Steinberg wrote materials for eight Oscar telecasts, all of which have been hosted by consumer Crystal. The one considered one of Crystal’s internet hosting stints to which Steinberg didn’t contribute was the comic’s first go-around in 1990.
Moreover, Steinberg government produced an extended checklist of well-known comedy specials and different initiatives comparable to Billy Crystal: Don’t Get Me Began (1986), Robin Williams: An Night on the Met (1986), An Night with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis (1988), I, Martin Quick, Goes Hollywood (1989), Robin Williams Reside on Broadway (2002), Robin Williams: Weapons of Self Destruction (2009) and Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays (2014).
He, Brezner and Morra have been among the many EPs on a lot of HBO’s Younger Comedians specials over time. He additionally helped create a comedy sequence for HBO known as Girls of the Night time.
Even after Williams’ premature demise in 2014, Steinberg continued to spice up his consumer by making appearances in help of Robin Williams: Come Inside My Thoughts, which aired on HBO in 2018. Steinberg was each an EP and a kind of interviewed for the documentary.
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Crystal wrote a tribute for Deadline’s sister publication The Hollywood Reporter.
“For 48 years, this hilarious, outrageous (and pardon me, David), delicate man who by no means wore socks was my supervisor, confidant, pal and finally member of the family,” wrote Crystal.
Comic Ed Driscoll posted on-line that he was “merely devastated over the passing of Supervisor-Producer David Steinberg. One of many all-time traditional Hollywood personalities, with a razor-sharp humorousness & a coronary heart of gold. A few of the hardiest laughs I’ve ever skilled occurred whereas working with David.”
Steinberg is survived by his spouse, actress Brynn Thayer, his son, Mason, his solely grandchild, Owen, his sister, Sari, and his goddaughter, Molly.
