The Weinstein Company Employee Directory
Entertainment ProvidersNew York, United States51-200 Employees
The Weinstein Company (TWC) is a New York-based multimedia production and distribution company founded in October 2005 by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, the brothers who previously founded Miramax Films. It operates through its film division and Dimension Films, the genre label started in 1993 by Bob Weinstein, which released franchises such as Scream, Spy Kids, and Scary Movie. Together, these entities have released a broad range of mainstream, genre, and specialty films that have achieved both commercial and critical success, including eight Academy Award wins in 2012, notably Best Picture for The Artist, which followed the 2011 Best Picture win for The King's Speech. The company also engages in television production, led by Meryl Poster, the former Miramax Films President of Production and current President of Television, with projects such as Project Runway and its spin-offs, Mob Wives, and The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency on HBO, which received a Peabody Award. Based in New York and operating in the entertainment providers industry, TWC maintains a mid-sized organization pursuing a portfolio that spans mainstream, genre, and specialty programming across film and television.