US EditionRemembering Robert Redford, Star of One of the Greatest Movies Ever Made About Journalism
Robert Redford, Oscar-winning actor and Sundance Institute founder, died peacefully at 89, leaving a legacy that reshaped independent filmmaking and championed artistic freedom.
- Robert Redford, an Oscar-winning actor and director born on August 18, 1936, died peacefully in his sleep on September 16, 2025.
- Redford's career began in the late 1950s after breaking into Broadway, television, and film at age 24, fueled by his ambition to become an actor and early bold moves.
- He gained fame for his roles in classic films such as the 1969 Western about outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the 1973 caper The Sting, and portrayed journalist Bob Woodward in the 1976 movie All the President's Men, which depicted the Watergate scandal.
- Redford used the earnings from his 1969 movies to establish a film festival dedicated to independent filmmakers in 1978, followed by the creation of the Sundance Institute in 1980 to nurture emerging talent on an annual basis.
- Redford’s legacy includes his activism, his Oscar for directing Ordinary People , and his lasting impact on American independent cinema and journalism awareness.
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Robert Redford died at the age of 89. Stars and companions mourn, including Meryl Streep, Donald Trump and Stephen King.
Remembering Robert Redford, star of one of the greatest movies ever made about journalism
Robert Redford, one of America’s greatest and best-known actors, has died. He was 89. He was so much more than an actor. Aside from his remarkable career on the big […] The post Remembering Robert Redford, star of one of the greatest movies ever made about journalism appeared first on Poynter.
Life and roles of Hollywood star Robert Redford, who was blessed with outstanding good looks and easy-going charm
Robert Redford, who has died aged 89, was in a sense an anachronism in late 20th-century Hollywood; spectacularly good-looking and immensely popular, he appeared to be in the tradition of matinee idols such as Gregory Peck and Cornel Wilde, but the deepest and most demanding roles generally eluded him.
Robert Redford has died. A real film giant of the 20th century is leaving with him a way of life, an illusion, a fascination. He inherited the figure of the vulnerable hero that Gary Cooper founded, Redford increased a masculinity that was built on the basis of smiles, blond hair waving in the wind and melancholic seductions. It was, to put it in today’s language, a non-binary beauty. It burned hearts of men and women. Beauty and seduction may b…
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