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Harvey Weinstein Biography (1952-)

Born c. 1952 in Flushing, NY; son of Max and Miriam (a homemaker) Weinstein;brother of Bob Weinstein (a film producer and executive); married. Addresses: Office-- Miramax Films, Tribeca Film Center, 375 Greenwich St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10013-2376. Career: Film executive and producer. Miramax Films, founder and chairperson, with brother Bob Weinstein, 1979--, added film production company, 1989. Also partner in Miramax Records andthe magazine Talk. Awards, Honors: Producer Award (with Bob Weinstein and James Schamus), Gotham Awards, 1997; Excellence in Media Award (with Bob Weinstein), GLAAD Media Awards, 1998; Academy Award (with others), best picture, BAFTA Award (with others), British Academy of Film and TelevisionArts, best film, Golden Satellite Award (with others), best motion picture-comedy or musical, and Motion Picture Producer of the Year Award nomination (with others), PGA Golden Laurel Awards, all 1998, for Shakespeare in Love. Addresses: Office: Miramax Films, Tribeca Film Center, 375 Greenwich St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10013-2376.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Film executive, producer

Birth Details

1952

Flushing, New York, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Executive Producer, Except Where Indicated
• Producer, White Rock,1977
• Producer, The Burning, Filmways Pictures, 1981
• Producer, director, and executive music producer, Playing for Keeps, Universal, 1986
• Director of English version, Light Years(also known as Gandahar), Miramax, 1988
• Coexecutive producer, Scandal, Click Productions, 1989
• Animal Behavior, Cinestar, 1989
• Hardware(also known as M.A.R.K. 13), Miramax, 1990
• Strike It Rich(also known as Loser Takes All and Money Talks), Millimeter, 1990
• Coexecutive producer, The Lemon Sisters, Miramax, 1990
• Coexecutive producer, The Big Man(also known as Crossing the Line), Miramax, 1990
• The Pope Must Diet!(also known as The Pope Must Die), Miramax, 1991
• A Rage in Harlem, Miramax, 1991
• The Miracle, Miramax, 1991
• Map of the Human Heart, Miramax, 1992
• Coexecutive producer, Into the West, Miramax, 1992
• Coexecutive producer, Dust Devil(also known as Demonica), Miramax, 1992
• The Night We Never Met, Miramax, 1993
• Mother's Boys, Dimension Films, 1993
• The Hour of the Pig(also known as The Advocate), Miramax, 1993
• Benefit of the Doubt(also known as Im Bann des Zweifels), Miramax, 1993
• True Romance, Warner Bros., 1993
• Ready to Wear(also known as Pret-a-Porter), Miramax, 1994
• The Road Killers, Live Entertainment, 1994
• Coexecutive producer, Pulp Fiction, Miramax, 1994
• Coexecutive producer, Victory, Miramax, 1995
• Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead, Miramax, 1995
• Coproducer, Restoration, Miramax, 1995
• A Month by the Lake, Miramax, 1995
• The Journey of August King, Miramax, 1995
• The Crossing Guard, Miramax, 1995
• The Englishman Who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain, Miramax, 1995
• Smoke, Miramax, 1995
• Blue in the Face, Miramax, 1995
• Beautiful Girls, Miramax, 1996
• Flirting with Disaster, Miramax, 1996
• Coexecutive producer, Jane Eyre(also known as Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre), Miramax, 1996
• The Pallbearer, Miramax, 1996
• Emma, Miramax, 1996
• The Crow: City of Angels(also known as The Crow II), Miramax, 1996
• The English Patient, Miramax, 1996
• Coexecutive producer, The Last of the High Kings(also known as Summer Fling), First Independent Films/Miramax, 1996
• Scream, Miramax, 1996
• Cosi, Miramax, 1996
• Sono Pazzo di Iris Blond(also known as I'm Crazy about IrisBlond), Miramax, 1996
• Robinson Crusoe(also known as Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe), Miramax, 1996
• The Wings of the Dove, Miramax, 1997
• Coexecutive producer, She's So Lovely(also known as Call ItLove and She's De Lovely), Miramax, 1997
• Addicted to Love(also known as Forlorn), Warner Bros., 1997
• I Love You, I Love You Not, Avalanche Releasing, 1997
• Air Bud(also known as Disney's Air Bud and MVP (MostValuable Pooch), Buena Vista, 1997
• Cop Land, Miramax, 1997
• Good Will Hunting, Miramax, 1997
• Scream 2(also known as Scream Again, Scream Louder,and Scream: The Sequel), Miramax, 1997
• Jackie Brown(also known as Rum Punch), Miramax, 1997
• Coexecutive producer, Mimic, Miramax, 1997
• Wishful Thinking, Miramax, 1997
• The Prophecy II(also known as Ashtown: The Prophecy II andProphecy II: Ashtown), Dimension Films, 1998
• A Price above Rubies(also known as A Price below Rubies), Miramax, 1998
• The Mighty, Miramax, 1998
• Phantoms(also known as Dean Koontz's Phantoms), Miramax, 1998
• Senseless, Miramax, 1998
• Ride(also known as I-95), Miramax, 1998
• Wide Awake, Miramax, 1998
• Nightwatch, Dimension Films/Miramax, 1998
• Coexecutive producer, Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later(also knownas Halloween 7 and Halloween: H20), Miramax, 1998
• Coexecutive producer, Little Voice, Miramax, 1998
• 54, Miramax, 1998
• Rounders, Miramax, 1998
• Producer, Shakespeare in Love, Miramax, 1998
• The Faculty(also known as Feelers), Miramax, 1998
• Velvet Goldmine, Miramax, 1998
• Talk of Angels, Miramax, 1998
• Playing by Heart, Miramax, 1998
• Heaven, Miramax, 1999
• World of Moss(also known as My Life So Far), 1999
• Coexecutive producer, B. Monkey(also known as B. Monkey--Una Donna da Salvare), Miramax, 1999
• Allied Forces, Miramax, 1999
• She's All That, Miramax, 1999
• Teaching Mrs. Tingle, Miramax, 1999
• Outside Providence, Miramax, 1999
• In Too Deep, Miramax, 1999
• Mansfield Park, Miramax, 1999
• Holy Smoke, Miramax, 1999
• Guinevere, Miramax, 1999
• Music of the Heart, Miramax, 1999
• The Cider House Rules, Miramax, 1999
• The Yards, Miramax, 2000
• Scream 3, Miramax, 2000
• Down to You, Miramax, 2000
• Committed, Miramax, 2000
• About Adam, Miramax, 2000
• Love's Labour's Lost, Miramax, 2000
• Bounce, Miramax, 2000
• Malena, Miramax, 2000
• Chocolat, Miramax, 2000
• The Crow: Salvation, Dimension Films, 2000
• Reindeer Games, Dimension Films, 2000
• Boys and Girls, Dimension Films, 2000
• Scary Movie, Dimension Films, 2000
• Highlander: Endgame, Dimension Films, 2000
• Film Appearances
• Himself, Forgotten Silver, Mondo Films, 1996
• Himself, Cannes Man(also known as Canne$ Man), Rocket Pictures Home Video, 1996
• Sam Rizzo, Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood Burn, Buena Vista, 1997
• Television Work
• Producer, Pete Townshend's Deep End(special), 1986
• Executive producer, Since You've Been Gone(movie; also known as Dogwater, Stepping in Dog Water, and Stepping in the Dog Water), ABC, 1998
• Executive producer, Wasteland(series), ABC, 1999
• Executive producer, Clerks: The Animated Series(also known as Clerks), ABC, 2000
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• The 9th Annual Gotham Awards,1999
• Inside Hollywood: The Pictures, the People, the Academy Awards, ABC, 1999
• The Untitled Jay Lacopo Project, Bravo, 1999
• RECORDINGS
• Videos
• Film-Fest DVD: Issue 2--Cannes,1999
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• Playing for Keeps, Universal, 1986

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

• Entertainment Weekly, November, 1997 ,(special issue), p. 34; July24, 1998, p. 42.
• Fortune, March 6, 2000 , p. 169.
• Newsweek, February 28, 2000 .
• PR Newswire, April 18, 2000 .
• Time, February 24, 1997 , p. 62.
• Variety, May 12, 1997 , p. 1; November 3, 1997, p. 7; March 23, 1998, p. 12; May 11, 1998, p. 184; January 4, 1999; December 20, 1999, p. 1; May 8, 2000, p. 4.