Biography
Harvey Weinstein is a brilliant Hollywood producer who for dozens held the palm of the championship in the unstable world of cinema. Winner of Oscar, the founder of Miramax Films and The Weinstein Company, the creator of hundreds of films, owner of a millionth state and a pet favorite. Who could assume that the biography of this person will be a classic Hollywood history of enchanting success and no less enchanting failure.Childhood and youth
A film producer was born on March 19, 1952 in New York. Childhood Harvey Winestein passed in Queens, one of the largest areas of the city. The boy's family was not enough: Father, a Jew by nationality, worked as an assistant jeweler, mother held a secretary in a law firm. Harvey brought up with the younger brother by name Bob.
Embed from getty imagesThe entrepreneurial veil manifested itself in Harvey Weinstein from the young age. After graduating from school, Bob and Harvey were enrolled in the university, and in parallel, the Century Theater Cinema Hall was rented, where they began to organize parties for young people. Cheap tickets figured out in a student environment instantly.
Immediately after the university, Brothers Weinstein took up the production business. In his youth, they organized rock concerts, humorous evenings and other events. The business was successful, soon earned capital was enough to exercise a long-standing dream of Harvey: the brothers opened their own production company Miramax and took up the field of cinema. It is noteworthy that the company name was made up of the names of the parents of Harvey and Boba - Miriam and Max.
Personal life
Harvey Weinstein earned a speech of the heart, his girls were always distinguished by beauty, and incredible charisma. The producer was first married in 1987 on the girl named Iv Chilton. She worked as Harvey's assistant.In 1995, his wife gave Harvey Weinstein firstborn - Daughter Remy. In 1998, the producer became a father for the second time - her daughter Emma was born. The third daughter Harvey appeared in the 2002th. The girl called root. Children did not help preserve the relationship of Harvey and Yves. In 2004, the marriage collapsed.
Embed from getty imagesHarvey Weinstein married the second time 3 years later. The happy chief of the talented producer was Georgina Chapman, an actress and model. Georgina gave birth to Harvey Daughter India Pearl and Son Desil Max Robert. It seemed that the family idyll seemed to destroy, but fate ordered otherwise: a loud scandal burst into the happy life of Harvey and Georgina.
Films
Initially, the brothers were going to engage not only by rental, but also by production: to shoot a movie - this is the cherished dream, which Harvey was dreaming from childhood. The initial period of biography producer calls a real adventure.
First time, Weinstein worked with unknown directors who shot the pictures of the genre of Arthaus. It assumed some risk, however, luck and Facean Harvey did their job: the films chosen by him became popular, and Weinstein, who bought the right to show for a scentual, resell them at times more expensive.
Embed from getty imagesFame to producer came a little later. Among the non-known directors that dream of glory, Quentin Tarantino turned out to be. It was Harvey who was engaged in the distribution of the film "Mad Dogs" film.
The picture "Criminal Chivo" literally raised the director, and Weinstein to the tops. This film is with the mind of Turman, Bruce Willis, Christopher Wacken and John Travolta won an Oscar, "Golden Palm Branch", "Golden Globe" and many other premiums.
The production talent of Harvey Winestein becomes obvious, and the filmography begins to gradually replenish new masterpieces. "English Patient", "Rules of winemakers", "Creek", "Shakespeare in love", "Chocolate", "Cold Mountain", "Gangs of New York" - these and other paintings have always become bestsellers, barely hitting.
By this time, Miramaks was managed not only by the Brothers Weinstein, but also managers of Walt Disney Corporation. At some point, disagreements began inside the company, Harvey did not tolerate any instructions and stereotypes. The producer insisted on repeated surveys of certain scenes and even forced the directors to work on the script.
Embed from getty imagesAs a result, the disputes have reached apogee, and Harvey Weinstein left Miramax, opening the new company The Weinstein Company. The new project of Harvey quickly went uphill. The rental was published with new pictures "Chetch" with Kate Winslet, "August" with Meryl Streep, "Inchlastic bastards" with Brad Pitt, "My boyfriend is psycho" with Bradley Cooper. A list of ingenious films taken with the assistance of Harvey Weinstein can continue to infinity.
Among the latest masterpieces are the film "Tulip Fever" with Alicia Wikander and Judy Dench, released in 2017. For the entire career, Harvey Weinstein released more than three hundred paintings, many of whom received a huge number of awards and became a heritage in the piggy bank of the world cinema.
Sexy Scandal and Court
In 2017, Hollywood again proved that there are no unspecified reputations, and yesterday's star at any time could turn out to be an outcast. Only one article in the newspaper The New York Times destroyed the Harvey Winestein career.Actress Ashley Judd, famous for the films "Tooth Fairy", "Divergent" and "Double Oblision", admitted to journalists that Harvey Weinstein was harassed and could hardly raped her. According to the artist, it happened in the hotel room, where the naked Harvey Weinstein asked Ashley to make him a massage. The actress refused and escaped from the room.
Embed from getty imagesThis revelation has become a trigger for dozens of recognition of the victims of Harvey Weinstein. Actresses Angelina Jolie, Rose McGouken, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kara Middow, Asia Argento, Jennifer Lawrence, Alicia Vikander, Blake Lively and others accused the producer in sexual harassment. Later, Emma Watson joined the charges, calling the system system.
Recognition made Salma Hayek, saying that he received obscene sentences from the producer, and then at all threats in murder. The actress did not want to participate in the scandalous controversy, but she had to do this after Weinstein publicly stated that she, Rene Zellweger and Charlize Theron made a career through his bed. Hollywood's stars denied the words of the media magnate.
The list of victims was constantly updated with new names. Only the number of women who publicly accused the producer in violence, reached several dozen. There were those who dared to confess the ray of Weinstein.
So, actress Lisett Anthony, who for many years consisted of friendly relations with Harvey, made a similar statement. Jessica Alba, who was also filmed in the film of Magnate film. The photo of the producer was again worn on the first pages of newspapers and magazines, but this time Harvey Weinstein turned out to be proud of.
Embed from getty imagesThe accusations joined the employees of Miramax and The Weinstein Company, and Georgina Chapman, the wife of the producer, stated that she intends to break the marriage with Harvey. The woman admitted that it was not able to endure pain and wants to stop relationships with her husband. Now all questions on the broken-produced process are completed. According to the terms of the marriage contract, which was drawn up before the wedding, at the time of the divorce of Georgina received the payment from the ex-spouse in the amount of $ 11.75 million.
It is noteworthy that the investigation into the edition of The New York Times was based only on the interviews of women and on the electronic camp of the producer.
The scandal with Weinstein got a massive response. Thus, in December 2019, at one of the secular events, the top model Emily Ratakovski demonstrated a tattoo on Harvey's hand. The girl occupies an active position towards victims of the rapist and regularly advocates accusations against the magnate.
The documentary film "To be Harvey Weinstein", which in 2019 is presented in Odessa at the International Film Festival, and the book "Harvey Weinstein is the last monster Hollywood" was released.
The Weinstein Company Board of Directors, including the Harvey Bob Weinstein's brother, decided to dismiss the producer from the company. Also, the British Academy of Cinema refused to make magnate in the membership in the company. The same decision promulgated the American Academy of Cinema.
Family, personal life, career, fame and love of the public, accompanying Harvey Weinstein 30 years in a row, turned out to be destroyed. Such a phenomenon of mass private accusations in the Harassment, which resulted in a punitive reaction from various institutions and injury from the public, was called the "Binstein effect".
Harvey Weinstein admitted to journalists that was suppressed by what was happening. The producer confirmed the guilt into part of the offense and stated that he had already appealed to the psychotherapist to cope with the dark side of his own personality. In the clinic for the treatment of dependencies of Meadows Harvey was not one. Rehabilitation There was also the actor Kevin Spacy, against which accusations of sexual violence were nominated.
They used a 45-day recovery course, which was called a "gentle way." In the clinic, both representative of show business, in addition to working with psychologists, have the opportunity to study in the fitness center, to visit the pool and yoga classes. The cost of rehabilitation was for each $ 36 thousand per month.
Embed from getty imagesLater Harvey Weinstein appealed to the court with a lawsuit to the New York Times edition. The producer insisted that such a submission of the material is completely unacceptable, and part of the facts published by the newspaper did not correspond to the truth.
In May 2018, accusations of Rape 2004 and 2013 were made against the producer. The police received from women turned out to be sufficient to initiate a criminal case against Weinstein. Producer was arrested in his home. This news led the opponents of the magnate delight.
By decision of the judge, the producer came out of the landing room at $ 1 million with the condition for traveling beyond the territory of the states of New York and Connecticut, while the electronic bracelet was put on his leg. It was decided to continue the criminal proceedings against the producer. The process lasted for about two years.
Harvey Weinstein now
In 2019, Weinstein and the prosecution side came to a preliminary settlement agreement, according to which Harvey was obliged to pay $ 25 million to victims of women. This amount was going to allocate from the funds of The Weinstein Company, which recognized himself with bankrupt.
However, in February 2020, Harvey was recognized as the guilty court of jury in two cases of violence out of five. The maximum term of imprisonment in prison by a sentence, which was announced by Weinstein, is 25 years old.
Embed from getty imagesHarvey arrived in the company of several lawyers. In the hall he passed surrounded by assistants: it became clear that convicted seriously sick. The status of a millionaire does not allow him to move on his own. Earlier, the producer was injured by the back, so the movement of a cargo Harvey (with a height of 183 cm its weight exceeds the average indicators) was bare.
Filmography
- 1989 - "Lemon Sisters"
- 1990 - "Steadfast"
- 1992 - "Map of the Human Heart"
- 1995 - "Royal Grace"
- 1998 - "Shakespeare in love"
- 2002 - "Gangs of New York"
- 2006 - "Invasion"
- 2008 - "Nutty Professor"
- 2010 - "Dried Girl"
- 2012 - "Song for Marion"
- 2014 - Karol
- 2015 - "Woman in Gold"
- 2016 - "Virus"
- 2017 - "Tulip Fever"