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.
Elizabeth Wagmeister Chief Correspondent Creative talent discovery network, Husslup, and the organization Hire Survivors Hollywood are entering into a groundbreaking partnership to create more opportunities for survivors of sexual violence across the entertainment industry.
The partnership will connect sexual violence survivors directly with studios and production companies in Hollywood. Husslup is an invite-only mobile app and website for creative talent discovery in television and film.
Founded by H Schuster, the company’s mission is to democratize and diversify access to the entertainment industry by connecting creatives from around the world to each other and to companies.
Hire Survivors Hollywood is a survivor-founded, survivor-run and survivor-focused organization. Founded by actor Sarah Ann Masse, who came forward with sexual misconduct allegations against Harvey Weinstein in 2017, the organization works to end retaliation against survivors of sexual violence in the entertainment business by encouraging those in positions of power to pledge to hire survivors and Silence Breakers both in front of and behind the camera.
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