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.
Ben Affleck on Harvey Weinstein’s ‘red flag’ list
hollywood.comBen Affleck was among the names placed on a “red flag” list by Harvey Weinstein. The 47-year-old actor’s name was on a list revealed when court documents were unsealed, reported Variety.
The list contained “names of people Weinstein was concerned could be talking to journalists in 2017 about his sexual conduct with women.” Prosecutors wanted the list to be provided to the jury during the disgraced producer’s seven-week New York trial, during which he was found guilty of rape and criminal sexual acts last month (February 2020), but that request was denied by the judge.
Other names listed include Weinstein accusers Annabella Sciorra, Rose McGowan, Zelda Perkins, Lysette Anthony, and Rowena Chiu.
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