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: From Hollywood to hellhole
torontosun.comHarvey Weinstein had it all.Hollywood and high society were both at his fingertips.Not bad for a kid from Flushing who made his fortune promoting concerts in Buffalo.But his days of red carpets, A-list pals, terrorizing minions and starlets alike, and being a powerbroker in the Democratic Party are Gone With the Wind.At 68 years old, the uber-producer’s last days look to be a long way from the Chateau Marmont.He was sentenced to 23 years in jail earlier this month after being found guilty of first-degree criminal sexual act and third-degree rape.It marks a remarkable plunge from the giddy heights of winning an Oscar for Shakespeare in Love to hoping he gets a soft job in the jailhouse library.The list of alleged victims of Mr. #MeToo is too
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