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.
BBC announce new thriller Rules Of The Game is inspired by Harvey Weinstein scandal
evoke.ieThe Harvey Weinstein abuse scandal saw the rise of the #MeToo movement and worldwide discussions about how women are treated in professional environments.
Now, BBC One has announced a four-part series inspired by the scandal that will take a closer look at sexual politics in the modern workplace.
Rules of the Game is a new thriller starring Maxine Peake which will take a look at a family-run company in the North West of England and the boss Sam, played by Maxine, who is unaccepting of criticism and reluctant of change.
The series will see a new HR director, Maya, work to change the long-instilled ‘lad culture’ despite opposition from management. ‘When new HR Director Maya begins her job at Fly, she tries to shake up the old-fashioned lad
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