Guide Note:

Bob and Harvey Weinstein are American Film Producers and co-founders of Miramax Films, which they sold to Disney. They currently own and operate the Film production and distribution company, The Weinstein Company.

Fast Facts:

The brothers also own stakes in Genius Products, a home video releasing company, and the exclusive Web community, aSmallWorld
Harvey recently purchased the fashion brand Halston
Chairmen of The Weinstein Company

Life and Career

Bob and his older brother Harvey Weinstein were raised in Flushing, Queens. The two grew up with an intense passion for films but began their careers by producing rock concerts.

Eventually, they moved into film and created Miramax Films, through which they produced a number of successful arthouse films during the 1980s. During this period they also produced Steven Soderbergh's Sex, Lies, and Videotape and gained a name as one of the top independent film producers. In 1993 they produced The Crying Game, which was a hit and precipitated Disney to buy their company for $80 million.

The Weinsteins stayed on as heads of Miramax and produced a number of other successful films. They parted ways with Miramax in 2005 and formed The Weinstein Company.

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Variety.com: "Harvey Weinstein: Eight Who Dominate" (Febrary , 2008)
The New York Times: "The New Halston?" (August 26, 2007)
Defamer: "Harvey Weinstein Betting Own Life On Blanchett's Oscar Chances" (August 21, 2007)
The Baltimore Sun: "Weinstein brothers' 'Party' is one not to miss, so mark the calendar" (August 27, 2007)
LondonNet: "Harvey Weinstein gave Lindsay Lohan's acting career a boost" (August 28, 2007)

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Bob and Harvey Weinstein Criticism and Controversy

Amazon.com: Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance and... by Peter Biskind
BBC News: "Producer sues over Patient film" (December 1, 2006)
Gawker: "Christmas Once Again Under Threat From Harvey Weistein"
The New Yorker: "How Harvey Weinstein Survived His Midlife Crisis (For Now)"
The New York Observer: "Suing for $18 million, Producer Claims Harvey Weinstein Waylaid His "Controversial" Film" (April 22, 2001)

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AintItCoolNews: "The Weinstein Company makes best decision of their early history, pick up Ernie Cline's FAN BOYS!!!" (November 1, 2005)

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