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.
Dame Judi Dench Says ‘Perhaps I Was Lucky’ Not To Witness ‘Other Side’ Of Harvey Weinstein
etcanada.comLooking back, Dame Judi Dench never had any bad experiences with Harvey Weinstein. In a new interview with the Guardian, the legendary actress talked about her past working relationship with the disgraced Hollywood producer.
RELATED: Dame Judi Dench Gets Her First COVID-19 Vaccination Asked if Weinstein’s involvement in her Best Supporting Actress-winning turn as Elizabeth I in “Shakespeare in Love” has tainted the film at all, Dench said it hadn’t, because the film stands up on its own. “I worked a lot for Harvey, a huge amount,” she added, “and he was always completely charming.
Perhaps I was lucky, but that’s all I know. I feel very acutely for the people who weren’t so lucky.” The 86-year-old was also asked by writer Xan Brooks if she
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