In October 2017, following sexual abuse allegations dating back to the late 1970s, Weinstein was dismissed from his company and expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He was co-chairman, alongside Bob, from 2005 to 2017. After leaving Miramax, Weinstein and his brother Bob founded The Weinstein Company, a mini-major film studio. Weinstein won an Academy Award for producing Shakespeare in Love and also won seven Tony Awards for plays and musicals including The Producers, Billy Elliot the Musical, and August: Osage County. 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). Harvey Weinstein ( / ˈ w aɪ n s t iː n/ born March 19, 1952) is an American convicted sex offender and former film producer. Rape, criminal sex act, sexual abuse, and sexual misconduct One count of third-degree rape and one count of criminal sexual assault in the first degree
