Harvey Weinstein CBE (born March 19, 1952) is an American former film producer. He and his brother Bob Weinstein co-founded the entertainment company Miramax, which produced several successful independent films, including Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), The Crying Game (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Heavenly Creatures (1994), Flirting with Disaster (1996), and Shakespeare in Love (1998).
Weinstein won an Academy Award for producing Shakespeare in Love, and garnered seven Tony Awards for a variety of plays and musicals, including The Producers, Billy Elliot the Musical, and August: Osage County. After leaving Miramax, Weinstein and his brother Bob founded The Weinstein Company, a mini-major film studio. He was co-chairman, alongside Bob, from 2005 to 2017.
André Braugher Boards Universal’s New York Times Harvey Weinstein Exposé Movie ‘She Said’
deadline.comAndré Braugher has joined Universal-Annapurna-Plan B’s feature adaptation of New York Times bestseller She Said about Pulitzer Prize winners Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey’s investigative journalism into movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s history of sexual assault, which led to his conviction.The Brooklyn Nine Nine star joins previously announced cast of Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan and Patricia Clarkson in the Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Ida) scripted movie which Maria Schrader is helming.
Annapurna’s Megan Ellison is serving as EP with Sue Naegle. Oscar winners Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner are producing for Plan B.
Universal’s VP of Production Lexi Barta will oversee the project for the studio.Braugher is a 2x Primetime Emmy winner for Lead
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