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 Makes First Court Appearance Since Cancer Diagnosis Made Public
deadline.comA fragile looking Harvey Weinstein showed up in a Manhattan courtroom this morning for proceedings in his upcoming new New York sex crimes trial.
Entering the hearing in a wheelchair through a side door, this was the first public appearance of the much accused and convicted producer since it emerged he has cancer — specifically, chronic myeloid leukemia.
The news that Weinstein is receiving treatment for bone marrow cancer followed the incarcerated producer’s emergency heart and lung surgery in September.
Additionally, Weinstein is facing a new indictment against him stemming from an allegation by an as-yet-unnamed accuser. Weinstein’s health and legal woes had become increasingly intertwined even before his cancer diagnosis.
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