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.
Report: Harvey Weinstein Tests Positive For COIVD-19
etcanada.comRecently incarcerated Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for COVID-19. The disgraced Hollywood producer, who was sentenced to 23 years in prison for sexual assault, was one of two Wende Correctional Facility inmates to test positive officials told CNHI.
He has been isolated. RELATED: Harvey Weinstein Moved Out Of Rikers Island To NY State Prison According to reports, he tested positive when entering the state prison system last Wednesday from Rikers Island.
Michael Powers, president of the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association, would not comment on his health but did note that “non essential” transfers of inmates have been suspended during the health crisis. “There is no better breeding ground for this
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