The Sundance Kid

 

Actor/Director Robert Redford has passed at 89. This icon from the 1960s and 1970s was a heartthrob and movie star of the highest order in such popular classics as Three Days of the Condor, The Way We Were, The Candidate, All the President's Men, Out of Africa, and many more. He was teamed with Paul Newman for two immensely popular and critically lauded Oscar darlings, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting. He became an acclaimed director of such films as Quiz Show, A River Runs Through It, and Ordinary People for which he won an Oscar for Best Director. A staunch defender of the environment, he also founded The Sundance Institute for showcasing aspiring, independent filmmakers which presaged the awards season. He was active well into his eighties and even dabbled in the Marvel Cinematic Universe notably Captain America: The Winter Soldier. He was awarded an honorary Oscar in 2002.