Robert Redford is a highly acclaimed American actor and filmmaker recognized with prestigious awards including an Academy Award, BAFTA, and Golden Globes. His significant contributions have earned him accolades such as the Cecil B. DeMille Award, Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, an Honorary Academy Award, Kennedy Center Honors, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and an Honorary César. Time magazine acknowledged his influence by naming him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2014.
On August 9, 1958, Robert Redford married Lola Van Wagenen in Las Vegas.
On September 1, 1959, Robert Redford and Lola Van Wagenen's first child, Scott Anthony Redford, was born.
On November 17, 1959, Robert Redford and Lola Van Wagenen's son, Scott Anthony Redford, passed away.
On November 15, 1960, Robert Redford and Lola Van Wagenen's daughter, Shauna Jean Redford, was born.
On May 5, 1962, Robert Redford and Lola Van Wagenen's son, David James Redford, was born.
In 1963, Redford and his ex-wife Lola, who was from Utah, built a home in the Utah area.
In 1969, Robert Redford was nominated for Downhill Racer.
On October 22, 1970, Robert Redford and Lola Van Wagenen's daughter, Amy Hart Redford, was born.
In 1972, portions of the movie Jeremiah Johnson, a film which heavily influenced Redford, were shot near the ski area he would later name Sundance.
In 1980, Redford won the Academy Award for Best Director for the film Ordinary People.
In 1981, Redford founded the nonprofit Sundance Institute in Park City, Utah.
In 1982, entertainment columnist Shirley Eder reported that Robert Redford and his wife, Lola Van Wagenen, had been separated for several years.
In 1988, Redford directed The Milagro Beanfield War, a screen version of John Nichols's novel. Although well-crafted, it wasn't commercially successful.
In 1988, Redford received an honorary degree from the University of Colorado.
In 1989, the National Audubon Society awarded Redford its highest honor, the Audubon Medal.
In 1990, Redford starred in Havana, playing Jack Weil, a professional gambler in 1959 Cuba during the Revolution.
In 1990, Robert Redford supported Republican Brent Cornell Morris in his unsuccessful campaign for the Republican nomination for Utah's 3rd congressional district.
In 1991, Parade magazine reported that it was unclear whether Robert Redford's divorce from Lola Van Wagenen had been finalized.
In 1992, Redford directed A River Runs Through It, based on Norman Maclean's novella, starring Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt, and Tom Skerritt. Redford was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Director for this film.
In 1992, Redford released his third film as a director, A River Runs Through It, which brought mainstream success and greater prominence to Brad Pitt. He also co-starred in Sneakers with River Phoenix and Sidney Poitier.
In 1993, Redford starred in Indecent Proposal, playing a billionaire businessman. The film became one of the year's biggest hits.
In 1994, Redford directed Quiz Show, an exposé about the quiz show scandal of the late 1950s. The film featured Paul Scofield, John Turturro, Rob Morrow, and Ralph Fiennes.
In 1995, Redford received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Bard College.
In 1995, Redford signed a deal with Showtime to start a 24-hour cable television channel devoted to airing independent films, which became the Sundance Channel.
The Sundance Channel premiered on February 29, 1996 as a 24-hour cable television channel.
In 1996, Redford co-starred with Michelle Pfeiffer in the newsroom romance film Up Close & Personal.
In 1996, Redford was awarded the National Medal of Arts from President Bill Clinton.
In 1996, Sibylle Szaggars moved in with Robert Redford and shared his home in Sundance, Utah.
In 1998, Redford directed and starred in The Horse Whisperer, co-starring with Kristin Scott Thomas and Scarlett Johansson.
In 2000, Redford directed Matt Damon and Will Smith in The Legend of Bagger Vance.
In 2001, Redford appeared as a disgraced Army general in The Last Castle and reteamed with Brad Pitt for Spy Game.
In 2002, Redford received an Academy Honorary Award at the 74th Academy Awards.
In 2004, Redford narrated the IMAX documentary Sacred Planet and starred in The Clearing with Helen Mirren.
In 2004, Redford produced The Motorcycle Diaries, a coming-of-age road film about Che Guevara. He spent five years working on it.
In 2004, Robert Redford supported Gary Herbert, a Republican, in Herbert's successful campaign to be elected Utah's Lieutenant Governor. Herbert later became Governor of Utah.
In December 2005, Redford received the Kennedy Center Honors for his contributions to American culture.
In 2005, Redford starred in An Unfinished Life as a rancher alongside Jennifer Lopez.
In 2007, Redford starred in Lions for Lambs with Meryl Streep and Tom Cruise, a project that received mixed reviews.
On May 25, 2008, Redford received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from Brown University and spoke at the commencement ceremonies.
In 2008, Redford received The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize for his contribution to the beauty of the world and mankind's understanding of life.
In 2008, Sundance exhibited 125 feature-length films from 34 countries, with more than 50,000 attendees.
In 2009, the University of Southern California announced the first annual Robert Redford Award for Engaged Artists.
On October 14, 2010, Redford was appointed chevalier of the Légion d'honneur by President Nicolas Sarkozy.
In 2010, Redford received the New Mexico Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts.
In 2010, Redford released The Conspirator, a period drama about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
In May 2011, Robert Redford: The Biography by Michael Feeney Callan was published by Alfred A. Knopf. It was written over fifteen years with Redford's input and drawn from his personal papers and diaries.
In 2011, Redford appeared in the documentary Buck, discussing his experiences with Buck Brannaman during the production of The Horse Whisperer.
In November 2012, Pitzer College launched the Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability at Pitzer College.
In 2012, Redford directed and starred in The Company You Keep as a former activist. The film also starred Shia LaBeouf and Julie Christie.
In 2012, Robert Redford endorsed Democratic President Barack Obama for re-election.
In 2013, Redford starred in All Is Lost, a film with almost no dialogue, and received critical acclaim for his performance. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
In 2013, Robert Redford was identified by TransCanada Corporation's CEO, Russ Girling, for leading the anti-Keystone Pipeline protest movement.
In April 2014, Redford played Alexander Pierce, the main antagonist, in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
In April 2014, Robert Redford, a Pitzer College Trustee, and Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley announced that Pitzer College would divest fossil fuel stocks from its endowment. At the time, it was the higher education institution with the largest endowment in the US to make this commitment. The press conference was held at the LA Press Club.
On May 24, 2015, Redford delivered the commencement address and received an honorary degree from Colby College in Maine.
In 2015, Redford co-produced and acted in A Walk in the Woods, based on Bill Bryson's book, with Emma Thompson and Nick Nolte.
In 2015, Robert Redford's quote appeared on the back cover of Donald Trump's book Crippled America. Redford's statement, taken from a longer conversation with Larry King, was later clarified as not an endorsement of Trump for president.
On November 22, 2016, President Barack Obama honored Redford with a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In 2016, Redford played news anchor Dan Rather in Truth and took the supporting role of Mr. Meacham in the Disney remake Pete's Dragon.
In May 2017, Robert Redford's Park City restaurant, Zoom, closed.
In 2017, Redford starred in The Discovery and Our Souls at Night, both released on Netflix. The latter reunited him with Jane Fonda.
In 2017, Redford was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 74th Venice Film Festival.
In 2017, Robert Redford reprised his role as Alexander Pierce for a cameo appearance in Avengers: Endgame, prior to the completion of The Old Man & the Gun.
In August 2018, Redford announced his retirement from acting after completing The Old Man & the Gun, though he later expressed regret.
In September 2018, the drama film The Old Man & the Gun, directed by David Lowery, was released, starring Redford as bank robber Forrest Tucker, a role for which he received a Golden Globe nomination.
On February 22, 2019, Robert Redford received the Honorary César at the 44th César Awards in Paris.
In 2019, Robert Redford wrote an op-ed in which he referred to Donald Trump's administration as a "monarchy in disguise" and stated "[i]t's time for Trump to go".
In July 2020, Robert Redford wrote an op-ed in which he stated President Donald Trump lacks a "moral compass" and announced that he would be voting for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.
On October 16, 2020, Robert Redford and Lola Van Wagenen's son, David James Redford, passed away.
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