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 on suicide watch as 23-year sentence on rape conviction begins
dailystar.co.ukHarvey Weinstein was on suicide watch last night after being jailed for 23 years for rape and sexual assault . The once-powerful movie producer was yesterday sentenced to 20 years for forcibly performing a sexual assault on London-based production assistant Mimi Haleyi in 2006.
He was given a further three years for third-degree rape for his attack on actress Jessica Mann in 2013. Before being sentenced, Weinstein, 67, told the Manhattan Supreme Court in New York said: “I really feel remorse for this situation.
I feel it deeply in my heart. I will spend my time really caring and really trying to be a better person.” Incredibly, he said he had “a wonderful time” with the women who accused him and added: “I’m totally confused.” He added:
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