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 hospitalised with chest pains
peoplemagazine.co.zaHarvey Weinstein is back in Bellevue Hospital just hours after he was sentenced to serve 23 years behind bars. The disgraced movie producer suffered chest pains following his day in court in Manhattan on Wednesday and was hospitalised for “ongoing heart problems”, according to his spokesman. “It’s a complication related to his back surgery,” Juda Engelmayer told the New York Post. “We are incredibly appreciative of the level of care and attention the NYC Dept.
of Corrections is showing regarding Mr. Weinstein’s medical condition.” Weinstein is expected to be held overnight. The 67-year-old underwent an angioplasty procedure on 4 March before being admitted to Rikers Island prison.
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