Studio vice president Sidney Sheinberg was impressed by the film, which had won a number of awards, and 20-year-old Spielberg became the youngest director ever to be signed for a long-term deal with a major Hollywood studio.
Studio vice president Sidney Sheinberg was impressed by the film, which had won a number of awards, and offered Spielberg a seven-year directing contract. It made him the youngest director ever to be signed for a long-term deal with a major Hollywood studio.