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 Jury Consultant Sues Over Unpaid $166K Bill
variety.comBy Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Word to the wise: If you work for Harvey Weinstein, get paid up front. Dubin Research and Consulting, one of the top jury consulting firms in New York, filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming that Weinstein owes $166,000 in unpaid fees.
The firm becomes only the latest legal services provider to accuse Weinstein of failing to pay his bills. Bayard P.A., a Delaware law firm, filed another lawsuit in New York on Tuesday alleging that Weinstein owed $423,316.
Bayard represented the disgraced producer in the Weinstein Co. bankruptcy case, as well as in a dispute with his brother Bob Weinstein over some property in Manhattan, according to the complaint.
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