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 To Be Sentenced Next Week For Trio Of Sex Crime Charges; LA Jury Delivered Mixed Verdict Last Month
deadline.comUPDATE, 11:25 AM: Found guilty of multiple sex crimes last month by a Los Angeles jury, Harvey Weinstein will learn his incarceration fate next week.
A sentencing hearing for the Oscar winning producer has been officially set for January 9 by LA Superior Court Judge Lisa B.
Lench. Already serving a 23-year stint for the verdict of his 2020 New York City trial, Weinstein faces up to a further 18 years behind bars out of the West Coast case.
The East Coast case is currently under appeal, and sources tell me an appeal of the West Coast trial is expected to filed soon.
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