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 released from prison quarantine after beating coronavirus; Will remain under suicide watch
pinkvilla.comHarvey Weinstein is out of prison quarantine after surviving his battle with Coronavirus. The convicted rapist is not displaying any of his COVID 19 symptoms any longer, including fever and cough, and has been released from his 14-day quarantine.
The disgraced movie producer tested positive for the deadly disease in March, even though he did not show any severe symptoms.
He is currently at a maximum-security prison east of Buffalo, New York. Harvey is being held in the facility’s residential mental health unit and he is under suicide watch.
A source close to Harvey told Daily Mail that he is surprised that the 68-year old survived the life treating disease considering his poor health.
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