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’s ex-wife Georgina Chapman seen out for first time since his sentencing
metro.co.ukHarvey Weinstein’s ex-wife Georgina Chapman has been spotted out for the first time since the disgraced Hollywood producer was sentenced to 23 years in prison for sex crimes. Georgina, who is founder of the Marchesa fashion brand, stepped out in New York City on Friday (13 March) to run errands.
She was joined by a female friend and was seen getting into a car chauffeur-driven by a male pal. The 43-year-old looked fairly downcast on the outing, which came just two days after her former husband was told he would spend more than two decades in prison.
Weinstein, 67, was found guilty of criminal sexual act in the first degree and rape in the third degree of two women. He had pleaded not guilty at the beginning of the lengthy trial in New
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