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.
Queen Elizabeth Has Stripped Disgraced Producer Harvey Weinstein of His Royal Honorific
harpersbazaar.comQueen Elizabeth II has revoked Harvey Weinstein's royal honorific of Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, reported Entertainment Weekly.
The disgraced movie producer was given a CBE back in 2004 honoring his contributions to the British film industry. This past March, however, Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison after being found guilty of two felony sex crimes, including rape in the third degree. "The Queen has directed that the appointment of Harvey Weinstein to be an Honorary Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, dated January 19 2004, shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the Register of the said Order," read a statement from.
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