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.
Harvey Weinstein “Doing Fine” After Testing Positive For The Coronavirus; Producer Remains In Isolation In Prison
deadline.comBy Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV Critic EXCLUSIVE: Still in medical isolation in prison, Harvey Weinstein has not exhibited any signs of severe illness, despite having tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this week.
In fact, the convicted sex offender is doing better. “He is fine,” a source with knowledge of Weinstein’s condition told Deadline today. “He is over the hump and just mending,” the individual added of the 68-year old Oscar winning producer who has been housed in the hospital at the maximum security Wende Correctional Facility since March 18.
Sentenced on March 11 to 23-years behind bars after being found guilty by a NYC jury of rape and a criminal sex crime, the already health challenged Weinstein was tested
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