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.
Ashley Judd’s Attorney Urges 9th Circuit to Revive Harvey Weinstein Claim
variety.comBy Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Ashley Judd’s attorney urged the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday to revive a sexual harassment claim against Harvey Weinstein.
Judd sued the producer in April 2018, alleging that Weinstein had sexually harassed her at a hotel room in the mid-1990s, and then blackballed her in the industry when she rebuffed him.
She cited an interview with director Peter Jackson, in which Jackson said Miramax had discouraged him from hiring Judd for “The Lord of the Rings,” saying she was a “nightmare to work with.” U.S.
District Judge Philip Gutierrez allowed Judd to pursue her defamation and retaliation claims, but dismissed the harassment allegation, finding that Judd’s role as a “prospective employee” was not
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