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.
Awkwafina, Rachel Brosnahan, Rashida Jones to Be Honored at N.Y. Women in Film & TV Muse Awards (Exclusive)
hollywoodreporter.comAwkwafina, Rachel Brosnahan, Rashida Jones and Gina Prince-Bythewood are all set to be honored at the 2020 New York Women in Film and Television Muse Awards.
Additional honorees for the 41st annual event, set to be held virtually amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, include Tony-winning actress Ali Stroker, the president of MGM's Orion Pictures Alana Mayo and New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, who broke the story of decades of sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein, which helped spark the #MeToo movement.
The Muse Awards celebrate women of outstanding vision and achievement in front of and behind the camera in film, TV, music and digital media.
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