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 sent to maximum-security prison in NY following cardiac issues
dailystar.co.ukDisgraced former Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has now transferred to a notorious state prison east of Buffalo, New York as he starts his 23-year sentence for rape and sexual assault.
The New York State Department Of Corrections website confirmed that Weinstein had been moved to Wende Correctional Facility yesterday, February 19, just one day before his 68th birthday.
Official documents have confirmed that the 68-year-old who was once one of Hollywood's most influential men has been moved from Rikers Island.
The site claims his earliest release date is November 9, 2039 with the latest he can be released is February 23rd 2043. Weinstein was jailed for 23 years by a New York judge on February 24 after being convicted of sexually
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