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.
Judge In Weinstein Bankruptcy Denies Motion By Some Victims To Convert From Chapter 11 To Chapter 7
deadline.comJill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorA Delaware judge Tuesday denied a motion by some victims of jailed former mogul Harvey Weinstein to convert Weinstein Co.’s bankruptcy proceeding from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7, allowing the long process to move forward.
Chapter 7 can dispense with classes of creditors – of which abuse victims are one in this case — and allow individuals to pursue claims separately.The attorney representing nine victims argued at a hearing this morning that the Chapter 11 plan so far encompasses much too large a group of claimants — possibly in the thousands — with too wide a range of claims, from rape to workplace intimidation.
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