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.
Kate Beckinsale's horror encounter with Harvey Weinstein left her shaking and in tears
mirror.co.ukKate Beckinsale has revealed she was left terrified of Harvey Weinstein after a shocking bust-up with him 19 years ago. The Hollywood actress spoken out in a candid post on Instagram hours after the movie mogul was sentenced to 23 years in prison for sex crimes.
In her message, Beckinsale, 46, shared pictures from the New York premiere of her 2001 movie Serendipity, which she says Weinstein forced them to go ahead with despite it coming just weeks after the 9/11 terror attacks in the city.
The actress wore a plain white suit for the red carpet, and claims Weinstein invited her to his house the next day where he called her a "c**t" for "ruining" the premiere with her choice of outfit.
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