Redford’s vision boosted independent films and voices beyond Hollywood

September 17, 2025 11:20 AM

Redford’s vision boosted independent films and voices beyond Hollywood

In 1981, Robert Redford launched an experiment when he invited the makers of 10 low-budget movies to what film critic Roger Ebert described as a "cinematic summer camp" in the Utah mountains. Four decades later, Redford and the annual Sundance Film Festival that he founded are being celebrated as the foremost champions of independent films. Redford died on Tuesday at age 89. "I can think of no other human being that has had an impact on independent film and storytelling, and cinema in the inde...

Oscar-winning actor Robert Redford passes away at 89

September 16, 2025 7:06 PM

Oscar-winning actor Robert Redford passes away at 89

Actor, director and producer Robert Redford, who was both the quintessential handsome Hollywood leading man and an influential supporter of independent films through his Sundance Institute, had died at the age of 89, The New York Times reported, citing his publicist. Once dismissed as "just another California blond", Redford's charm and craggy good looks made him one of the industry's most bankable leading men for half a century, and one of the world's most recognizable and best-loved movie sta...