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’s Sentencing Hearing Is Underway
variety.comHarvey Weinstein has arrived in a Manhattan courtroom for his sentencing on charges of sexual assault and third-degree rape.
The former indie movie mogul was wheeled into court in a wheelchair. Weinstein faces a maximum of 29 years in prison on the two counts.
His attorneys urged Justice James Burke on Monday to sentence him to the minimum, five years, citing his poor health and advanced age.
The two victims in the case, Miriam Haley and Jessica Mann, are expected to deliver “victim impact” statements before Burke issues the sentence.
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