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.
Mira Sorvino Says She Thought Her Career Was Over After Speaking Out Against Harvey Weinstein
celebrityinsider.orgMira Sorvino thought her career would come to an end after speaking out against the incarcerated former producer, Harvey Weinstein.
Page Six picked up on comments from Sorvino in which she spoke with reporters from Vulture about Weinstein’s behavior and its effect on her professional life.
Sorvino explained how she thought it would end her career for life. In her mind, she honestly believed she’d never find work again because she had never seen a “whistle-blower” who managed to still work in the Hollywood film industry.
According to the Oscar winner, when looking at the people who first brought the allegations to light, they clearly weren’t believed.
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