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Robert Redford (1936–2025)
In September of this year, the world lost Robert Redford — actor, director, producer, and founder of the Sundance Film Festival. Redford was, without question, one of the towering figures of Hollywood, a defining presence from the mid-1960s until his passing.
His career began to soar in the early 1960s, and he rose swiftly to stardom with unforgettable performances in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and The Sting (1973), both directed by George Roy Hill. Over the years, he forged a remarkable creative partnership with director Sydney Pollack, resulting in classics such as Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The Way We Were (1973), Three Days of the Condor (1976), The Electric Horseman (1979), and Out of Africa (1985). And, of course, his portrayal of investigative journalist Bob Woodward in Alan J. Pakula’s All the President’s Men (1975) remains one of his defining roles.
As a director, Redford’s filmography was selective but distinguished. His debut feature, Ordinary People (1980), earned him the Academy Award for Best Director and established him as a filmmaker of deep sensitivity and restraint. He went on to direct A River Runs Through It (1992), Quiz Show (1994), The Horse Whisperer (1998), and later the politically charged Lions for Lambs (2007) and The Company You Keep (2012).
With his golden hair, luminous smile, and effortlessly handsome face, Redford embodied the image of the all-American leading man. Yet in his best performances, he seemed determined to challenge and complicate that image — to expose the quiet cracks beneath the perfection. Many of his characters were solitary, introspective men, communicating as much through silence and hesitation as through words.
Though he emerged alongside the “New Hollywood” generation — that wave of young directors who transformed American cinema in the 1970s — Redford’s own screen persona stood somewhat apart from the movement. His greatest contribution to independent film came not through acting, but through vision: the creation of the Sundance Film Festival in the early 1980s. Through Sundance, he gave a platform to a new generation of filmmakers — the Coen Brothers, Steven Soderbergh, Todd Haynes, Jim Jarmusch, Quentin Tarantino, and countless others — who went on to redefine the language and spirit of American cinema.
This program celebrates some of Redford’s most iconic performances — an invitation to revisit his extraordinary talent, his quiet intensity, and his enduring legacy as both a star and a storyteller.
