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 Stay in Bellevue Hospital Until Sentencing
justjared.comHarvey Weinstein isn’t leaving Bellevue Hospital, Variety is reporting. The 67-year-old disgraced producer was admitted to the hospital shortly after he was found guilty on charges of third-degree rape and sexual assault in New York City earlier this month.
A spokesperson for Weinstein confirmed that he is still under care at Bellevue Hospital, and says he is “likely there til sentencing on March 11.” Arthur Aidala, one of Harvey’s attorneys added that “the treating doctors think that’s where he should be — it’s that simple.” “It’s no secret he was under several doctors’ care over the course of the last couple of months,” he added. “The doctors at Bellevue, up until today, at least, have determined that he’s not ready to go to a
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