Bob Weinstein

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Robert "Bob" Weinstein (born October 18, 1954 in Flushing , Queens , New York City , New York , USA ) is an American film producer .

Life

Bob and his two year older brother Harvey Weinstein came from a Jewish family. During his studies, he and his brother owned a small theater, the Century Theater, in which they organized small film festivals, among other things.

In 1979, Harvey and Bob Weinstein founded the production company Miramax , the name of which is made up of the first names of their parents Miriam and Max Weinstein. In 1993, Bob founded Dimension Films as an offshoot of Miramax , which covers the film areas horror, action and thriller.

The most successful films by Miramax and the Weinstein brothers include Chicago (2002), Shakespeare in Love (1998), Scary Movie (2000) and The English Patient (1996).

Despite the great success of Miramax, artistic differences between the Weinstein brothers and the Miramax partner Disney became more and more frequent . The conflict over the documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) by Michael Moore , which Disney did not want to publish, led the Weinsteins to buy the rights to the project with their private assets.

In September 2005, Harvey and Bob Weinstein left their company Miramax and founded the Weinstein Company with the transfer fee of 140 million US dollars .

As an executive producer, Weinstein has been involved in more than 300 productions. In 1981 he worked as a screenwriter for Burning Vengeance . In 1986 he made his directorial debut with Playing for Keeps , which has not been followed by any further engagements.

Bob Weinstein was married to actress Annie Clayton from 2000 to 2012 and has 4 children.

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personal data
SURNAME Weinstein, Bob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Weinstein, Robert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film producer
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Flushing , Queens , New York City , New York , USA