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 Has Bone Marrow Cancer
deadline.comHarvey Weinstein has cancer, Deadline can confirm. The incarcerated producer’s diagnosis was confirmed by sources close to him.
Specifically, he has chronic myeloid leukemia, which is a form of cancer of the bone marrow. Weinstein, whose health issues are extensive, is undergoing treatment while at Rikers Island.
NBC was first to report the news. “It is both troubling and unacceptable that such private and confidential health matters have become a subject of public discourse,” said Weinstein’s legal healthcare rep Craig Rothfeld in a statement to Deadline tonight. “Out of respect for Mr.
Weinstein’s privacy, we will offer no further comment.” Weinstein underwent heart surgery on September 9 and was listed in critical condition afterward.
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