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 Sex Crimes Charges Consolidated Ahead of 2025 Retrial
variety.comJordan Moreau Harvey Weinstein‘s multiple sex crimes charges have been consolidated ahead of his 2025 retrial, a Manhattan judge has ruled.
Weinstein appeared in court Wednesday morning for the first time since being diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia, a form of bone marrow cancer, earlier in the week.
Last month, Weinstein was indicted on an additional sex crimes charge after he was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a Manhattan hotel on one occasion between April 29, 2006, and May 6, 2006.
He pleaded not guilty to the charge. His upcoming retrial, which is undated but aiming for spring 2025, will address the latest charge, in addition to the original indictment.
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