Robert Redford

Robert Redford, the movie star and founder of the Sundance Film Festival, died Sept. 16 at his home in Utah. He was 89. Born Aug. 18, 1936, in Santa Monica, Calif., Redford starred in more than two dozen films over a career spanning over half a century, including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), Three Days of the Condor (1975), and All the President's Men (1976). In 1973, he starred in two big hits, The Way We Were and Best Picture Oscar winner The Sting, the latter producing his only Oscar nomination for acting. Behind the camera, he became the first actor to win a Best Director Oscar for his debut film, 1980's Ordinary People. He also created the Sundance Film Festival and Institute in Park City, Utah. Redford’s last feature directorial project was 2012’s The Company You Keep, but he continued acting through the final decade of his life and appeared in films like 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Redford is survived by his wife, Sibylle Szaggars, daughters Shauna and Amy, and seven grandchildren.