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Charles Robert Redford Jr. (b. August 18, 1937) is a famous American actor. Known for his roles in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men, The Sting, and The Great Gatsby, Redford has also directed the films Quiz Show, The Milagro Beanfield War, and others. Redford also is responsible for starting the Sundance Film Festival, named after his character in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The festival caters to independent filmmakers in the United States and has received some recognition from the industry as a place to option films.
In 1981, the first film Redford directed, Ordinary People, won the Academy Award for Directing; his 1994 film Quiz Show was nominated for the award but lost to Forrest Gump.
Redford owns a celebrated restaurant called Zoom, located on Main Street in the former mining town of Park City, Utah. It has both indoor and outdoor seating. Redford also owns a ski resort called Sundance Resort.
Robert Redford Filmography
Actor
• All the President's Men/The Candidate (2005)
• Barbra Streisand Box Set (2005)
• An Unfinished Life (2005)
• The Clearing (2004)
• The Last Castle (2001)
• Spy Game (2001)
• The Horse Whisperer (1998)
• Up Close and Personal (1996)
• Indecent Proposal (1993)
• Sneakers (1992)
• Havana (1990)
• Legal Eagles (1986)
• Out of Africa (1985)
• The Natural (1984)
• Brubaker (1980)
• The Electric Horseman (1979)
• All the President's Men (1976)
• The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)
• Three Days of the Condor (1975)
• The Great Gatsby (1974)
• The Sting (1973)
• The Way We Were (1973)
• The Candidate (1972)
• The Hot Rock (1972)
• Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
• Downhill Racer (1969)
• Tell Them Willie Boy is Here (1969)
• Barefoot in the Park (1967)
• The Chase (1966)
• This Property Is Condemned (1966)
• Inside Daisy Clover (1965)
• War Hunt (1961)
Director
• The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
• The Horse Whisperer (1998)
• Quiz Show (1994)
• A River Runs Through It (1992)
• The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
• Ordinary People (1980)
Executive Producer
• The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
• American Mystery! Coyote Waits (2003)
• People I Know (2003)
• How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (2002)
• Love in the Time of Money (2002)
• Skinwalkers (2002)
Featured
• New York in the Fifties (2001)
• Audubon Video - Grizzly and Man: Uneasy Truce (1994)
• The Sun Dagger (1983)
• Our Biosphere: The Earth in Our Hands
Narrator
• Sacred Planet (2005)
• Sacred Planet (2004)
Producer
• Love in the Time of Money (2002)
• The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
• A Civil Action (1998)
• The Horse Whisperer (1998)
• She's the One (1996)
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