American former film producer and convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein was born on March 19, 1952.
Together with his brother, Bob Weinstein, he founded the media company Miramax, which went on to make a number of well-received independent movies, 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).
What ethnicity is Harvey Weinstein?
His maternal grandparents emigrated from Poland, and he comes from a Jewish background.
Weinstein was born on March 19, 1952, to diamond cutter Max Weinstein (1924–1976) and his wife Miriam (née Postel; 1926–2016), in the Flushing neighbourhood of Queens, New York City.
Following claims of sexual misconduct extending back to the late 1970s, Weinstein was let go from his employer and banned from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in October 2017. By October 31, more than 80 women had accused Weinstein of rape and/or sexual harassment.
The “Weinstein effect” is a term used to describe how the allegations led to the #MeToo social media movement and subsequent sexual assault claims against several prominent individuals all over the world. Weinstein was detained and accused of rape in New York in May 2018, and in February 2020, he was found guilty of two out of five crimes.
