Robert Redford is acclaimed as an actor, producer, director, and champion of independent film. He won an Academy Award, a DGA Award and a Golden Globe Award for his feature directing debut, Ordinary People (1980), and was nominated for an Academy Award for directing Quiz Show (1994). As an actor, he earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance in The Sting (1973). He has starred in dozens of films in a career spanning over 50 years. His latest, The Old Man and the Gun, was released in October 2018.
As founder of Sundance Institute, Redford has nurtured generations of innovative voices in independent culture through the Institute and Film Festival.
A noted environmentalist, Redford has been an advocate for climate change awareness and clean energy for over 40 years. In 2016 he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama. He has served as a trustee for the Natural Resources Defense Council, and is the co-founder of The Redford Center with his son James.
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