What is Miramaxs official affiliation with Walt Disney Co.?”
Miramax Films was the art-house/independent film division of The Walt Disney Company, and acted as both producer and distributor for its own films or foreign films. Founded in 1979 by Bob and Harvey Weinstein and headquartered in New York City and Cambridge, Massachusetts, Miramax was a leading independent film motion picture distribution and production company before it was acquired by Disney in 1993. The Weinsteins operated Miramax with more creative and financial independence than any other division of Disney, until 2005 when they decided to leave the company and founded The Weinstein Company. Miramax Films was last operated by Daniel Battsek who reported to Rich Ross, chairman of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The company was shut down by Disney on January 28, 2010.
