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.
‘The Woman In The Window’: Tony Gilroy Was Reportedly Brought In To Handle Reshoots On The Amy Adams Thriller
theplaylist.netOver the past several years, stories about how some of the behind-the-scenes moguls in Hollywood abused their power have made headlines.
Obviously, everyone knows the disgusting crimes committed by Harvey Weinstein, as an example. But in a new THR piece, the alleged toxic, abusive workplace created by producer Scott Rudin is profiled in graphic detail.
And though there are no current accusations of sexual misconduct, Rudin is alleged to have verbally and physically abused dozens of assistants and colleagues on his way to earning Oscars.
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