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.
What it’s like inside Harvey Weinstein’s new prison as rapist moves to state facility
metro.co.ukConvicted rapist Harvey Weinstein today moved to a state prison, after previously being held in notorious Rikers Island, according to reports.
The 67-year-old former movie producer was sentenced to 23 years behind bars earlier this month after he was found guilty of third-degree rape and a first-degree criminal sexual act earlier this month.
After leaving the New York hospital he was escorted on Wednesday to Fishkill Correctional Facility in Beacon, according to The New York Post.
A source told the publication that Weinstein appeared ‘sad’ about his move, however, it’s believed his cell in Fishkill will only be temporary as officials are looking to place him in a more permanent prison in order to serve his sentence.
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