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.
Salma Hayek says Harvey Weinstein berated her while playing Frida Kahlo
foxnews.comSalma Hayek shared new details about working with Harvey Weinstein on the 2002 biopic "Frida" in which the actress played the famed Mexican painter, Frida Kahlo.
The 55-year-old actress recalled how the disgraced movie producer allegedly berated her about her appearance while filming the movie.
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