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.
Carey Mulligan, Dede Gardener, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey to Be Honored by Women in Film for Universal’s ‘She Said’
thewrap.comwon the Pulitzer Prize in Public Service in 2018 for breaking the story of Harvey Weinstein’s decades of sexual abuse allegations in their explosive reporting with the New York Times.Mulligan will play the role of Twohey in the upcoming “She Said” alongside Zoe Kazan, who will play Kantor.
First breaking out in “An Education,” the twice Oscar-nominated Mulligan has starred in “Promising Young Woman” and “Spaceman,” and has been involved in initiatives like the Alzheimer’s Society, the Society’s Dementia Awareness Week and serves as an ambassador for War Child, an organization that aids children affected by conflict.
Producer Gardener is co-president of Brad Pitt’s production company, Plan B, and has produced films like Barry Jenkins’ “If Beale Street Could Talk,” Adam McKay’s “The Big Short,” Ava DuVernay’s “Selma” and Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave.” The event, which is centered around the theme “Forging Forward,” will also present Michaela Coel with the Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award and Lili Reinhart will receive the WIF Max Mara Face of the Future Award.
Viola Davis, Jane Fonda and Sheryl Lee Ralph will attend the event as presenters.The event are supported by year-round presenting sponsor Max Mara, as well as Visionary Partners ShivHans Pictures, Lexus and Major Partner STARZ.
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