Bob Weinstein
Robert Weinstein (born October 18, 1954) is an American film producer.[1][2] He was the founder and head of Dimension Films and former co-chairman of Miramax Films and The Weinstein Company (TWC),[11] all of which he co-founded with his older brother, Harvey. Also the founder of Watch This Entertainment. He had focused on making action and horror films,[3] as well as on "family films, comedies and upscale adult thrillers".
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Bob Weinstein
- Name
- Bob Weinstein
- Birth Name
- Robert Weinstein
- Born
- 18 October 1954
- Birthplace
- New York City, U.S.
- Occupation
- * Film producer
- Nationality
- United States
- Education
- John Bowne High School
- Honours
- Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation
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Robert Weinstein (born October 18, 1954) is an American film producer.[1][2] He was the founder and head of Dimension Films and former co-chairman of Miramax Films and The Weinstein Company (TWC),[11] all of which he co-founded with his older brother, Harvey. Also the founder of Watch This Entertainment. He had focused on making action and horror films,[3] as well as on "family films, comedies and upscale adult thrillers".
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Bob Weinstein (born 1954) is an American director, executive producer and film producer, among other activities. The director was born in New York City.
Bob Weinstein studied at John Bowne High School. The director worked for Miramax and worked in United States. Bob Weinstein received Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Bob Weinstein • Birth Name — Robert Weinstein • Born — 18 October 1954 • Birthplace — New York City, U.S. • Occupation — * Film producer • director • writer • businessman • Years Active — 1979–present • Children — 4 • Relatives — Harvey Weinstein (brother)
Early life
Early life
Weinstein was born in Flushing, Queens, in New York City. He was raised in an Ashkenazi Jewish family.[4] His parents were Max Weinstein, a diamond cutter,[6] and Miriam (née Postel).[7] He grew up with his older brother, Harvey Weinstein, in a housing co-op named Electchester in New York City. and, like his older brother, he attended John Bowne High School.[8]
Career
Career
Bob, his brother Harvey Weinstein, and Corky Burger independently produced rock concerts as Harvey & Corky Productions in Buffalo through most of the 1970s.[9] Both Weinstein brothers had grown up with a passion for movies, and they nurtured a desire to enter the film industry. In the late 1970s, using profits from their concert promotion business, the brothers created a small independent film distribution company called Miramax Films, named after their parents Miriam and Max. The company's first releases were primarily music-oriented concert films, such as Paul McCartney's Rockshow. In the early 1980s, Miramax Films acquired the rights to two British films of benefit shows filmed for the human rights organization Amnesty International. Working closely with Martin Lewis, the producer of the original films, the Weinstein brothers edited the two films into one movie tailored for the American market. The resulting film, released as The Secret Policeman's Other Ball in May 1982, became Miramax's first hit. The movie raised considerable sums for Amnesty International and was credited by Amnesty with having helped to raise its profile in the United States. The Weinsteins slowly built upon this success throughout the 1980s with arthouse films that achieved critical attention and modest commercial success. Harvey Weinstein and Miramax Films gained wider attention in 1988 with the release of Errol Morris's documentary The Thin Blue Line, which detailed the struggle of Randall Adams, a wrongfully convicted inmate sentenced to death row. The publicity that soon surrounded the case resulted in Adams' release and nationwide publicity for Miramax Films. The following year, their successful launch release of Steven Soderbergh's Sex, Lies, and Videotape propelled Miramax Films to become the most successful independent studio in America. Miramax Films continued to grow its library of films and directors until 1993 when Disney offered Harvey and Bob $80 million for ownership of Miramax Films. Agreeing to the deal that would cement their Hollywood clout and ensure that they would remain at the head of their company, Miramax Films followed the next year with their first blockbuster, Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. 1996 brought Miramax Films's first Academy Award for Best Picture with the victory of The English Patient. This would start a string of critical successes that would include Good Will Hunting and Shakespeare in Love. On March 29, 2005, it was announced that the Weinstein brothers would leave Miramax Films on September 30 and would form their own production company, The Weinstein Company (TWC). Five years later, in 2010, Disney sold Miramax Films to private equity firm Filmyard Holdings (a joint venture between Colony Capital, Tutor-Saliba Corporation and Qatar Investment Authority).[12] Filmyard in turn sold it to Qatari entity beIN Media Group in 2016, who later sold a 49% stake to ViacomCBS (now known as Paramount Skydance).[13] On December 4, 2017, Bob Weinstein filed a trademark application for Watch This Entertainment.[14] Almost two years later, on October 12, 2019, Weinstein announced his new production company to the world, with a focus on "family films, comedies and upscale adult thrillers", and a first project of an animated feature titled Endangered, with Téa Leoni serving as co-producer and voicing a lead character.[15] No news has been heard since that announcement, however.
Personal life
Personal life
Weinstein has been married and divorced twice. He married Anne Clayton, a former book editor, in 2000. They lived in a large apartment in The Beresford at 7 West 81st Street on the Upper West Side. Clayton filed for divorce in April 2012, and sought a protective order because she feared "bodily harm". Weinstein issued a statement from Washington-based interventionist Don Sloane, denying that Weinstein was a danger to his wife, and alleging that she was reacting to a family intervention conducted to address her alcoholism. Clayton's lawyers denied that she suffered from any addiction and said that Sloane was her husband's "paid agent" and that the two had never met.
Sexual harassment allegation
Sexual harassment allegation
In October 2017, Weinstein was accused of sexual harassment by Amanda Segel, who had worked as a showrunner on the Weinstein Company-produced Spike TV miniseries The Mist. Segel alleged that Weinstein had made several unwanted sexual overtures to her beginning June 2016, continuing for three months.[16] Weinstein's attorney Bert Fields issued a statement denying the allegations.[18] Segel's allegation came in the context of the much more high-profile sexual abuse cases against Weinstein's brother, Harvey. In October 2017, Bob spoke about the allegations of sex crimes against his brother, saying he was "sick and disgusted" by Harvey's actions. Bob denied any foreknowledge of his brother's crimes before the allegations became public, but acknowledged that Harvey had a history of extramarital affairs and verbal abuse towards family members, and claimed that he himself was subjected to Harvey's verbal and physical abuse. Bob further said he had rarely spoken to his brother in the previous five years because he "could not take his cheating, his lying and also his attitude toward everyone".[19]
Executive producer
Executive producer
• Year — Film — Notes • 1989 — Scandal — Co-executive producer • The Lemon Sisters — Co-executive producer • 1990 — Hardware • Strike It Rich • Crossing the Line — Co-executive producer • 1991 — A Rage in Harlem • The Pope Must Diet! • 1992 — Dust Devil — Co-executive producer • Into the West — Co-executive producer • 1993 — Benefit of the Doubt • The Night We Never Met • True Romance • The Hour of the Pig • Map of the Human Heart • 1994 — Mother's Boys • Pulp Fiction — Co-executive producer • Prêt-à-Porter • 1995 — Smoke • The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain • Blue in the Face • Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead • A Month by the Lake • The Journey of August King • The Crossing Guard • 1996 — Beautiful Girls • The English Patient • Flirting with Disaster • The Pallbearer • Scream • Jane Eyre • The Crow: City of Angels • Emma • The Last of the High Kings • Victory — Co-executive producer • 1997 — Addicted to Love • Nightwatch • She's So Lovely • Jackie Brown • Good Will Hunting • Cop Land • The Wings of the Dove • Princess Mononoke — English-language version • Scream 2 • Air Bud • 1998 — A Price Above Rubies • Phantoms • Senseless • Wide Awake • Ride • Since You've Been Gone — TV film • The Mighty • Velvet Goldmine • Halloween H20: 20 Years Later • 54 • Rounders • Little Voice — Co-executive producer • Talk of Angels • B. Monkey — Co-executive producer • The Faculty • Playing by Heart • Shakespeare in Love • Heaven • 1999 — Guinevere • She's All That • My Life So Far • Teaching Mrs. Tingle • Outside Providence • In Too Deep • Mansfield Park • Holy Smoke! • Music of the Heart • The Cider House Rules • 2000 — The Crow: Salvation • Down to You • Scream 3 • Love's Labour's Lost • Committed • Scary Movie • Chocolat • The Yards • Bounce • Dracula 2000 • Malèna • 2001 — The Others • Iris • The Shipping News • Spy Kids • Texas Rangers • Scary Movie 2 • Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back • 2002 — Chicago • Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams • Below • Waking Up in Reno • Equilibrium • Confessions of a Dangerous Mind • Gangs of New York • 2003 — Cold Mountain • Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over • My Boss's Daughter • Duplex • Scary Movie 3 • The Human Stain • Kill Bill: Volume 1 • 2004 — Jersey Girl • Ella Enchanted • Fahrenheit 9/11 • The Aviator • Finding Neverland • Shall We Dance? • Kill Bill: Volume 2 • 2005 — Sin City • Cursed • The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl • The Brothers Grimm • Underclassman • Proof • Derailed • 2006 — Clerks II • Scary Movie 4 • Pulse • Breaking and Entering • Miss Potter • School for Scoundrels • 2007 — Grindhouse • The Mist • Rogue • Sicko • Halloween • Awake • 1408 • Who's Your Caddy? • The Nanny Diaries • 2008 — Superhero Movie • Rambo • The Reader • Zack and Miri Make a Porno • Soul Men • 2009 — Inglourious Basterds • Fanboys • Halloween II • Capitalism: A Love Story • Nine • 2010 — Piranha 3D • The King's Speech • The Fighter • 2011 — The Artist • Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil • Scream 4 • Spy Kids: All the Time in the World • Apollo 18 • Butter • I Don't Know How She Does It • My Week with Marilyn • 2012 — Piranha 3DD • Silver Linings Playbook • Django Unchained • 2013 — Escape from Planet Earth • Scary Movie 5 • Lee Daniels' The Butler • August: Osage County • One Chance • Fruitvale Station • 2014 — Vampire Academy • Sin City: A Dame to Kill For • Paddington • Big Eyes • Marco Polo • 2015 — Woman in Gold • Southpaw • Carol • Macbeth • Burnt • The Hateful Eight • 2016 — Sing Street • War & Peace • Lion • The Founder • Gold • 2017 — Wind River • 47 Meters Down • Amityville: The Awakening • Tulip Fever • Chandra Levy: An American Murder Mystery • The Current War • 2018 — Hellraiser: Judgment • Children of the Corn: Runaway • Spy Kids: Mission Critical • 2019 — Polaroid
Producer
Producer
• Playing for Keeps (1986) • Restoration (1995), co-producer • Mimic (1997) • Reindeer Games (2000) • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), co-producer (uncredited) • Bad Santa (2003)
Director
Director
• Playing for Keeps (1986)
Actor
Actor
• Scream: The Inside Story (2011) - Documentary film, himself[20]
Broadway credits
Broadway credits
Note: In all productions Weinstein has functioned as a co-producer with other producers. • The Real Thing (2000 revival) – play – produced by Miramax Films – Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play • The Producers (2001) – musical – Tony Award for Best Musical, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Musical • Sweet Smell of Success (2002) – musical – Tony Nomination for Best Musical, Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding New Musical • La bohème (2003 revival) – opera – Tony Nomination for Best Revival of a Musical, Drama Desk Nomination for Outstanding Revival of a Musical • All Shook Up (2005) – musical – produced by Bob Weinstein & Miramax Films • The Color Purple (2005) – musical
Accolades
Accolades
• Year — Award — Category — Work — Result • 1996 — Britannia Awards — Excellence in Film[21] • 1997 — Gotham Awards — Career Tribute Awards[22] • 1998 — GLAAD Media Award — Excellence in Media Award[25] • 2001 — British Independent Film Awards — Special Jury Prize[26] • 2002 — British Film Institute — British Film Institute Fellowship[27] • Hugo Award — Best Dramatic Presentation — The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring[28] • 2002 — Primetime Emmy Awards — Outstanding Non-Fiction Program (Reality) — Project Greenlight[29] • 2003 — Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films — Special Jury Prize • DVD Exclusive Awards — Producer Award • 2004 — Primetime Emmy Awards — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Program — Project Greenlight • 2005 — Primetime Emmy Awards — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Program • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program — Project Runway • 2006 — Primetime Emmy Awards — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program • 2006 — News and Documentary Emmy Awards — Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form — Paper Clips (film) • 2007 — Primetime Emmy Awards — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program — Project Runway • 2008 — Christopher Award — Feature Films — The Great Debaters • 2009 — Primetime Emmy Awards — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program — Project Runway • 2010 — Primetime Emmy Awards — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program • 2011 — Primetime Emmy Awards — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program • 2012 — Primetime Emmy Awards — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program • 2013 — Primetime Emmy Awards — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program • African-American Film Critics Association — Cinema Vanguard Award[39] • PGA Awards — Milestone Award[40] • Bronze Wrangler — Theatrical Motion Picture — Django Unchained[41] • 2014 — Primetime Emmy Awards — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program — Project Runway • 2015 — | Primetime Emmy Awards — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program • Capri Hollywood International Film Festival — Capri Producer Award — The Hateful Eight • Christopher Award — Feature Films — St.[30][31][34][42][44] Vincent • 2016 — Primetime Emmy Awards — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program — Project Runway[33] • 2017 — Primetime Emmy Awards — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality-Competition Program[32][35][36][37][38][43][45]
Identity
Identity
Bob Weinstein is recorded with the occupation executive producer. Recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded with the occupation screenwriter. Recorded as film producer, screenwriter, manufacturer, director and executive producer.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1954
Bob Weinstein was born on 18 October 1954.
Writer
• The Burning (1981) • Playing for Keeps (1986)
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- 1.fandango.com. Bob Weinstein Biography.
- 2.Weniger, Kay. Das große Personenlexikon des Films. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf. 2001. 3-89602-340-3.
- 3.Ross, Barbara. Film producer Robert Weinstein's wife files for divorce, seeks order of protection. New York Daily News. April 6, 2012.
- 4.Lurie, Rod. "Harvey Weinstein Gets My Criticism of "The Reader" Wrong" The Wrap. February 21, 2009
- 5.Renee, Ghert-Zand (March 6, 2012). "Weinstein Awarded French Legion of Honor" . The Jewish Daily Forward.
- 6.Gates, Anita. Miriam Weinstein, Mother and Backbone of Original Miramax, Dies at 90. The New York Times. November 3, 2016. 0362-4331.
- 7.Weinstein, Bob. All Thanks to Max. Vanity Fair. February 7, 2011.
- 8.Johnson, Scott. Young Harvey Weinstein Signed a High School Yearbook From "New York State Prison". The Hollywood Reporter. February 28, 2018.
- 9.Biskind, Peter. Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance and the Rise of Independent Film. Simon & Schuster. 463–464. 2004. 0-684-86259-X.
- 10.Mason, Ian Garrick. When Harvey met Mickey. New Statesman. October 11, 2004.
- 11.Indiewire. Weinstein's Leaving Miramax, Will Form New Company; Brothers Taking Dimension Label, Leaving All Fil. March 30, 2005.
- 12.Hay, Hayli. Disney Completes Sale Of Miramax Films To Filmyard Holdings LLC. December 3, 2010.
- 13.Szalai, Georg. ViacomCBS Closes Acquisition of 49 Percent Miramax Stake in $375 Million Deal. The Hollywood Reporter. April 3, 2020.
- 14.Justia. WATCH THIS ENTERTAINMENT - Trademark Details. JUSTIA Trademarks.
- 15.Sperling, Nicole. Bob Weinstein, Brother of Disgraced Mogul, Starts New Production Company. The New York Times. October 12, 2019.
- 16.Littleton, Cynthia. Bob Weinstein Accused of Sexual Harassment by TV Showrunner. Variety. October 17, 2017.
- 17.Hipes, Patrick. Bob Weinstein Denies Sexual Harassment Claims From 'The Mist' Showrunner. The Hollywood Reporter. October 17, 2017.
- 18.Sandberg, Bryn. Bob Weinstein Accused of Sexual Harassment by TV Producer. The Hollywood Reporter. October 17, 2017.
- 19.Belloni, Matthew. Bob Weinstein Gets Emotional on "Depraved" Harvey, Saving the Company and His "Waking Nightmare" (Exclusive). The Hollywood Reporter. October 14, 2017.
- 20.Bob Weinstein List of Movies and TV Shows - TV Guide. www.tvguide.com.
- 21.British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Britannia Award Honorees. May 22, 2014.
- 22.Roman, Monica. Weinsteins to receive IFP honor. Variety. April 3, 1997.
- 23.Gotham Independent Film Awards. 1997 Winners and nominees.
- 24.Gotham Independent Film Awards. Gotham Awards Recipients (1991-Present) (as of June 17, 2011).
- 25.GLAAD sets special nods. February 11, 1998.
- 26.Winners Nominations · BIFA · British Independent Film Awards. BIFA · British Independent Film Awards. October 24, 2001.
- 27.Hall, Sarah. Showbiz glitz at cinema's 50th anniversary. The Guardian. October 21, 2002.
- 28.2002 Hugo Awards. July 26, 2007.
- 29.Outstanding Reality Program Nominees / Winners 2002.
- 30.Outstanding Reality Program Nominees / Winners 2004.
- 31.Outstanding Reality Program Nominees / Winners 2005.
- 32.Outstanding Reality Program Nominees / Winners 2007.
- 33.Outstanding Reality Program Nominees / Winners 2007.
- 34.Outstanding Reality Program Nominees / Winners 2009.
- 35.Outstanding Reality Program Nominees / Winners 2010.
- 36.Outstanding Reality Program Nominees / Winners 2011.
- 37.Outstanding Reality Program Nominees / Winners 2012.
- 38.Outstanding Reality Program Nominees / Winners 2013.
- 39.Lodge, Guy. 2013 AFRICAN-AMERICAN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION WINNERS. HitFix. December 13, 2013.
- 40.Harvey and Bob Weinstein to Receive PGA's Milestone Award. July 23, 2012.
- 41.National Cowboy Museum Announces 52nd Anniversary Western Heritage Award Winners.
- 42.Outstanding Reality Program Nominees / Winners 2014. Television Academy.
- 43.Outstanding Reality Program Nominees / Winners 2015. Television Academy.
- 44.Outstanding Reality Program Nominees / Winners 2016. Television Academy.
- 45.Outstanding Reality Program Nominees / Winners 2017. Television Academy.
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