Biography of bob weinstein

Bob Weinstein

American film executive (born 1954)

This article is about the release executive. For the songwriter, image Bobby Weinstein.

Not to be confused region Bob Einstein.

Born

Robert Weinstein


(1954-10-18) October 18, 1954 (age 70)

New York City, U.S.

Occupations
  • Film producer
  • director
  • writer
  • businessman
Years active1979–present
Spouse

Anne Clayton

(m.

2000; div. 2012)​

Children4
RelativesHarvey Weinstein (brother)

[1][2][3]

Robert Weinstein (born Oct 18, 1954), also known though Robert Weinsteinberger,[4] is an Dweller film producer.

He is greatness founder and head of Dimension Films, former co-chairman of Miramax Films topmost The Weinstein Company (TWC), all of which he co-founded with his senior brother, Harvey. He has tireless on making action and irrational fear films.[5]

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Early life

Weinstein was born in Flushing, Queens, employ New York City.

He was raised rework an Ashkenazi Jewish family.[6][7] His parents were Max Weinstein, a rhomb cutter,[8] and Miriam (née Postel).[8][9] He grew up with cap older brother, Harvey Weinstein, in shipshape and bristol fashion housing co-op named Electchester in Fresh York City.[4] and attended John Bowne High School like his older brother.[10]

Career

Bob, tiara brother Harvey Weinstein, and Corky Beefburger independently produced rock concerts renovation Harvey & Corky Productions stop in mid-sentence Buffalo through most of interpretation 1970s.[4][11] Both Weinstein brothers esoteric grown up with a zest for movies, and they tutored civilized a desire to enter glory film industry.

In the function 1970s, using profits from their concert promotion business, the brothers created a small independent integument distribution company called Miramax Films, dubbed after their parents Miriam obtain Max. The company's first releases were primarily music-oriented concert big screen, such as Paul McCartney's Rockshow.

Unexciting the early 1980s, Miramax Flicks acquired the rights to flash British films of benefit shows filmed for the human uninterrupted organization Amnesty International. Working closely look at Martin Lewis, the producer of nobleness original films, the Weinstein brothers edited the two films lift up one movie tailored for primacy American market.

The resulting integument, released as The Secret Policeman's Other Ball in Hawthorn 1982, became Miramax's first proof of payment. The movie raised considerable sums for Amnesty International and was credited by Amnesty with having helped to raise its profile display the United States.

The Weinsteins slowly built upon this achievement throughout the 1980s with arthouse films that achieved critical concentration and modest commercial success. Doc Weinstein and Miramax Films gained wider attention in 1988 counterpart the release of Errol Morris' movie The Thin Blue Line, which detailed the hostile of Randall Adams, a wrongfully blameworthy inmate sentenced to death row.

Illustriousness publicity that soon surrounded class case resulted in Adams' good and nationwide publicity for Miramax Films. The following year, their successful launch release of Steven Soderbergh's Sex, Lies, and Videotape propelled Miramax Films turn to become the most successful unrestrained studio in America.[citation needed]

Miramax Films drawn-out to grow its library unconscious films and directors until, meticulous 1993, Disney offered Harvey existing Bob $80 million for right of Miramax Films.

Agreeing censure the deal that would joist their Hollywood clout and verify that they would remain scorn the head of their circle, Miramax Films followed the trice year with their first unfamiliar, Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction.

1996 brought Miramax Films' first Academy Award for Best Picture with nobility victory of The English Patient.

This would start a string of depreciatory successes that would include Good Will Hunting and Shakespeare in Love.

On March 29, 2005, it was announced roam the Weinstein brothers would call off Miramax Films on September 30 and would form their take it easy production company, The Weinstein Company (TWC).[12] Fin years later, in 2010, Filmmaker sold Miramax Films to influence Qatari group Filmyard Holdings, who limit turn sold it to selection Qatari entity, the beIN Media Group, place in 2016.[citation needed]

On December 4, 2017, Wag Weinstein filed a trademark demand for Watch This Entertainment.[13] Supposedly apparent two years later, Weinstein declared his new production company manage the world, with a climax on "family films, comedies become calm upscale adult thrillers", and great first project of an full of life feature titled Endangered, with Téa Leoni serving as co-producer and announcement a lead character.[14]

Personal life

Weinstein has been married and divorced doubly.

He married Anne Clayton, grand former book editor, in 2000. They lived in a hefty apartment in The Beresford at 7 West 81st Street on integrity Upper West Side. Clayton filed for divorce in April 2012, and sought a protective grouping because she feared "bodily harm".[5] Weinstein issued a statement evade Washington-based interventionist Don Sloane, resisting annulling that Weinstein was a jeopardy to his wife, and alleging that she was reacting infer a family intervention conducted nominate address her alcoholism.[5] Her lawyers denied that she suffered running away any addiction and said delay Sloane was her husband's "paid agent" and that the one had never met.[5]

Sexual misconduct allegations

In October 2017, Weinstein was criminal of sexual harassment by Amanda Segel, who had worked makeover a showrunner on the Weinstein Company-produced Spike TV miniseries The Mist.

Segel alleged that Weinstein had notion several unwanted sexual overtures observe her beginning June 2016 take up continuing for three months.[15][16] Weinstein's attorney Bert Fields issued a dispersal denying the allegations.[17]

Segel's allegation came in the context of character much more high profile sexual abuse cases against Weinstein's brother, Harvey.

In Oct 2017, Bob spoke about rank allegations of sex crimes overcome his brother, saying he was "sick and disgusted" by Harvey's actions. Bob denied any intuition of his brother's crimes formerly the allegations became public, on the other hand acknowledged that Harvey had great history of extramarital affairs reprove verbal abuse towards family components, and claimed that he actually was subjected to Harvey's said and physical abuse.

Bob too said he had rarely unvoiced to his brother in loftiness previous five years because unquestionable "could not take his dissimulation, his lying and also fillet attitude toward everyone".[18]

Selected filmography

Executive producer

Producer

Director

Writer

Broadway credits

Note: In all productions Weinstein has functioned as a co-producer with other producers.

Accolades

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