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 Sentenced To 23 Years In Prison
theshaderoom.comOn Wednesday, Harvey Weinstein was officially sentenced to 23 years in prison after he was found guilty of criminal sexual assault in the first degree, and rape in the third degree, last month.According to The Hollywood Reporter, his conviction on the first-degree count of criminal sexual act he was given a total of 20 years, and 5 years of supervised release.
For his conviction of third-degree rape, he was given three years in prison.Prior to handing out his sentence, Judge James Burke said that Weinstein will be formally registered as a sex offender.Donna Rotunno, one of Weinstein’s attorneys spoke during a press conference following the sentencing and said, “That number was obnoxious.
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