US EditionRobert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89
- Robert Redford, the Oscar-winning actor and creator of the Sundance Film Festival, passed away on September 16, 2025, at his residence in Utah.
- Redford had long lived in Utah, where he fell in love with the landscape and built a legacy as a creative force and environmental champion.
- He launched the Sundance Film Festival in 1984, which became a pivotal platform that supercharged independent cinema and empowered diverse filmmakers.
- Many contemporaries praised Redford’s impact, with Octavia Spencer calling him one who blended art and activism, and Ron Howard calling Sundance a game changer.
- His death marks a significant loss for the film industry and independent artists, although his influence is expected to inspire future generations.
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Robert Redford: the ‘golden boy with a darkness in him’
Robert Redford, who has died at the age of 89, was perhaps everybody’s idea of a classical Hollywood movie actor. His conventional good looks – his blond hair, boyish charm and chiselled chin – led him to be cast as a sex symbol and a romantic lead opposite Jane Fonda in Barefoot in the Park (1967), Barbra Streisand in The Way We Were (1973), and Meryl Streep in Out of Africa (1985). Dustin Hoffman described him as a “walking surfboard”. But the…
Robert Redford's political stance was clear: he turned against all authoritarian tendencies in the USA. Now the century actor has died. An obituary.
Colleagues, famous admirers, friends of a lifetime, representatives of politics (including the American president Trump) and American civil society and more, have dedicated tributes,...
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