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Harvey Weinstein More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

19 March 1952, Flushing, Queens, New York, USA

Nickname

Harvey Scissorhands

Height

6' (1.83 m)

Spouse

Georgina Chapman	(15 December 2007 - present)
Eve Chilton Weinstein	(21 November 1987 - 2004) (divorced) 3 children

Trivia

Brother of Bob Weinstein.

Co-founder of Miramax Films.

Named his company Miramax after his mother, Miriam, and his father, Max.

Son of Miriam Weinstein.

At 6' feet, he has weighed over 300 pounds for several years.

Member of the Democratic Party.

Had a heart attack in August 2000.

An alumni of the State University of New York at Buffalo.

His father died from a heart attack at age 52.

Started The Weinstein Company with brother Bob Weinstein.

Interested in Producing a remake of the movie C.H.U.D. (1984).

He was made a Fellow of the British Film Institute in recognition of his outstanding contribution to film culture.

Personal Quotes

"We have 65 BAFTAs, 75 Oscars, $2 billion in assets and hundreds of millions in profits. And, still, Michael Eisner won't renew my contract."

"All sophisticated investors understand that theatrical release [prints and advertising costs] have to be written off in the quarter you spend it and you realize revenue from home video and television in the next quarter.'

"Most of the executives who left Disney; Meg Whitman, Steve Burke, Joe Roth, Jeffrey Katzenberg; have all gone on to create wealth for themselves. Hopefully, Bob and I will follow in that tradition."

"A man can dream is all I can say."

"Having kids has made me much more mature. The anger is gone. There's a sweetness there."

"I know Mel, and he's basically a good guy. The Passion of the Christ (2004) is very tough on Jews, and I didn't hold back from telling him so - but he says I'm wrong about that. Before producing a film for Mel, I would have a very serious discussion with him, so that I could be absolutely certain that he has really changed. If someone is against blacks, Jews or Arabs, even if their hands were filled with gold, I would, in principle, never work with them." - On Mel Gibson

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