Charles Robert Redford Jr. (born August 18, 1937) is a famous American actor and film director.

Born in Santa Monica, California, Redford is known for his roles in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men, The Sting, The Natural, The Way We Were, Out of Africa, The Great Gatsby, and many others. Redford has also directed the films Ordinary People, Quiz Show, The Legend of Baggar Vance , The Horse Whisperer, The Milagro Beanfield War , and A River Runs Through It . 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 1980, the first film Redford directed, Ordinary People, won him the Academy Award for Directing; his 1994 film Quiz Show was nominated for the award but lost to Forrest Gump.

Redford owns a celebrated[1] restaurant called Zoom, located on Main Street in the former mining town of Park City, Utah. It has both indoor and outdoor seating[2]. Redford also owns a ski resort called Sundance Resort [3].

Filmography

• War Hunt (1962)
• Situation Hopeless... But Not Serious (1965)
• Inside Daisy Clover (1965)
• The Chase (1966)
• This Property Is Condemned (1966)
• Barefoot in the Park (1967)
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
• Downhill Racer (1969)
• Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)
• The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (1970) (documentary)
• Little Fauss and Big Halsy (1970)
• The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson (1972) (short subject)
• The Hot Rock (1972)
• The Candidate (1972)
• Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
• The Way We Were (1973)
• The Sting (1973)
• Following the Tundra Wolf (1974) (documentary) (narrator)
• The Great Gatsby (1974)
• Broken Treaty at Battle Mountain (1975) (documentary) (narrator)
• The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)
• Three Days of the Condor (1975)
• All the President's Men (1976)
• A Bridge Too Far (1977)
• The Electric Horseman (1979)
• Brubaker (1980)
• The Natural (1984)
• Out of Africa (1985)
• Legal Eagles (1986)
• (1989) (documentary) (narrator)
• To Protect Mother Earth (1989) (documentary) (narrator)
• Chaning Steps (1989) (narrator)
• Havana (1990)
• (1991) (documentary)
• Incident at Oglala (1992) (documentary) (narrator) (also executive producer)
• A River Runs Through It (1992) (narrator) (also director and producer)
• Indecent Proposal (1993)
• (1996) (documentary)
• Up Close & Personal (1996)
• Anthem (1997) (documentary)
• The Horse Whisperer (1998) (also director and producer)
• Entangling Shadows (1998) (documentary)
• New York in the 50's (2001) (documentary)
• The Last Castle (2001)
• Spy Game (2001)
• Sundance 20 (2002) (documentary)
• Abby Singer (2003) (Cameo)
• The Clearing (2004)
• Film Trix 2004 (2004) (short subject)
• An Unfinished Life (2005) (currently completed filming)*Aloft (2005) (also director and producer) (currently announced start of production)
• Charlotte's Web (2006) (currently filming)

Web Links

• Robert Redford at IMDB
• The Sundance Film Institute
• Sundance Ski Resort