Robert Redford
Environmentalist, Organization leader
1936 –
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Who is Robert Redford?
Charles Robert Redford Jr., better known as Robert Redford, is an American actor, film director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, philanthropist, and founder of the Sundance Film Festival. He has received two Academy Awards: one in 1981 for directing Ordinary People, and one for Lifetime Achievement in 2002. In 2010, he was awarded French Knighthood in the Legion d'Honneur.
In April 2014, Time magazine included Redford in its annual TIME 100 as one of the "Most Influential People in the World" declaring him the "Godfather of Indie Film."
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- Born
- Aug 18, 1936
Santa Monica - Also known as
- Charles Robert Redford Jr.
- Bob
- Charles Robert Redford, Jr.
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Lola Van Wagenen
(1958/09/12 - 1985/11/12) - Sibylle Szaggars
(2009/07/11 - ) - Sibylle Szaggars
(1996 - 2009/07/10)
- Lola Van Wagenen
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Scotch-Irish American
- English people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- American Academy of Dramatic Arts
- Pratt Institute
Painting - Van Nuys High School
- University of Colorado Boulder
- Employment
- Founder, Sundance Institute
- Business Owner, Sundance Cinemas
- The Sink
- Lived in
- Santa Monica
- Sundance Resort
- Europe
- New York
- Provo
- Utah
- Los Angeles
- New York City
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on July 23, 2013
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