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.
Helena Bonham Carter ‘ran’ from Harvey Weinstein after he tried to give her neck massage
metro.co.ukHelena Bonham Carter has shared an unnerving experience she had with Harvey Weinstein. Weinstein, 68, is serving a 23-year sentence in prison after being found guilty of third-degree rape and a first-degree criminal sexual act.
The British actress recalled an moment when Weinstein tried to ‘massage’ her, forcing her to ‘run’ from him. Speaking on Louis Theroux’s Grounded podcast, Helena added that she was ‘aware’ that Weinstein ‘made passes’ at people.
When the encounter happened she managed to get away from him to another part of the room they were in. Helena said: ‘I was aware that he would make passes at people, and he did make a pass at me. ‘He literally laid a hand on me, that’s all, he was trying to give me a massage of my neck. ‘I
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