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 Indicted on Additional Sex Crimes Charges in New York
variety.comGene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Harvey Weinstein has been indicted on additional charges in New York, a prosecutor announced at a hearing on Thursday.
The former producer was not present for the hearing, as he continues to recover from emergency heart surgery at Bellevue Hospital.
Weinstein’s attorney, Arthur Aidala, told the court on Thursday that his client “almost died,” according to reports from the courthouse.
Weinstein, 72, is awaiting retrial on sexual assault and rape charges, after the New York Court of Appeals overturned his conviction in April.
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