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 Reportedly Tests Positive For Coronavirus In Upstate New York Prison
perezhilton.comThis may be a harbinger of things to come in the American prison system — in which case, get ready for the coronavirus pandemic to potentially get a lot worse.
Despite being in isolation after his recent conviction, disgraced film exec Harvey Weinstein has reportedly tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to multiple reports.
The former movie producer’s diagnosis comes just days after he was transferred away from New York City’s Rikers Island to a facility in the northwestern part of the state. Related: Must-See Video Explains Science Of Coronavirus And How To Fight It! Law enforcement officials confirmed the news to both Deadline and Page Six on Sunday, reporting Weinstein’s positive test for the virus.
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