Harvey Weinstein
| Harvey Weinstein CBE |
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Weinstein at the 2010 Time 100 Gala
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| Born |
March 19, 1952 Flushing, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation |
Film producer co-founder of Miramax Films and The Weinstein Company |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Eve Chilton (1987–2004; 3 children) Georgina Chapman (2007–present; 2 children) |
Harvey Weinstein, CBE (born March 19, 1952) is an American film producer and film studio executive. He is best known as co-founder of Miramax, which produced several popular independent films including Pulp Fiction, Sex, Lies and Videotape, The Crying Game and Clerks. He and his brother Bob have been co-chairmen of The Weinstein Company, their film production company, since 2005. He won an Academy Award for producing Shakespeare in Love, and garnered seven Tony Awards for producing a variety of winning plays and musicals, including The Producers, Billy Elliot the Musical, and August: Osage County.
Weinstein was born in Flushing, New York. He was raised in a Jewish family, the son of Max Weinstein, a diamond cutter (d. 1976), and Miriam (née Postel; d. 2016 at 90). He grew up with his younger brother, Bob Weinstein, in a housing co-op named Electchester in New York City. He graduated from John Bowne High School, and then the University at Buffalo. Weinstein, his brother Bob, and Corky Burger independently produced rock concerts as Harvey & Corky Productions in Buffalo through most of the 1970s.
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