Bob and Harvey Weinstein

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  • 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:

    1. The brothers also own stakes in Genius Products, a home video releasing company, and the exclusive Web community, aSmallWorld
    2. Harvey recently purchased the fashion brand Halston
    3. 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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