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 Reportedly Tests Positive For Coronavirus
justjared.comHarvey Weinstein has tested positive for the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, according to several reports.
The 68-year-old convicted rapist had just started his 23-year sentence at the Wende Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York and is currently in isolation.
However, Page Six reports that the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision wouldn’t confirm that Harvey is indeed positive for the virus.
They did share that two inmates had the coronavirus, though. See the other celebrities and notables who have also tested positive for the virus here.
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