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.Weinstein, who is serving a 23-year prison sentence, was stripped of his CBE following his conviction for rape and sexual assault this year.And there has been many more who have lost their titles under rules which state they can be stripped if a person "damages" the reputation of the system.As the list of New Year's Honours is released today, Daily Star takes a look at the people who have been forced to kiss goodbye to their honours from the Queen.Harvey Weinstein was awarded a CBE in 2004 for services to the film industry but in September The Queen annulled his honour.His title was removed after he was sentenced to 23 years in prison for sex crimes.He was hauled before a US court after the New York Times published.
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