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 jurors left 'physically sick' as they deliberated sex abuse allegations
mirror.co.ukMembers of the jury on the Harvey Weinstein trial have opened up about their experience in court and the gruelling 26 hours of deliberation that led to the disgraced Hollywood producer being found guilty of rape and sexual assault.
A total of 12 jurors spent seven weeks at Manhattan Criminal Courts Building, hearing graphic accusations about the 67-year-old.
Whispers about Weinstein and Hollywood's casting couch culture had followed the producer for years, but it wasn't until the #Metoo movement inspired 80 women to step forward that he was finally brought to trial.
Speaking anonymously to the New York Times , three members of the jury at Weinstein's trial have opened up how they reached a final decision about the disgraced mogul.
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