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.
Harvey Weinstein accuser Rose McGowan on life 1 year after his guilty ruling: 'I'm shocked I'm still alive'
foxnews.comRose McGowan, one of Harvey Weinstein's first assault accusers, says she's managed to find some peace in the last year as the disgraced movie mogul is currently serving a 23-year prison sentence.
Wednesday, Feb. 24 marked the one-year anniversary that Weinstein was found guilty by a Manhattan jury of two of five charges relating to sexual assaults.
Many would argue McGowan, a former actress, has become one of the loudest sexual assault activists in the industry, most recently standing behind New York Gov.
Andrew Cuomo's former aide, Lindsey Boylan, who accused him of sexual harassment and assault earlier this week. Cuomo's press secretary has denied the claims. "I was sick," McGowan told Fox News in an interview on Feb.
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