Redford, Robert 1937–

PERSONAL

Full name, Charles Robert Redford, Jr.; born August 18, 1937, in Santa Monica, CA; son of Charles Robert (an accountant) and Martha (maiden name, Hart) Redford; married Lola Van Wangeman, September 12, 1958 (divorced, 1985); children: Scott (deceased), Shauna, David James ("Jamie"; a writer and producer), Amy Hart (an actress). Education: Attended University of Colorado, 1955, and Pratt Institute, 1958; studied painting in Europe; attended American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York City.

Addresses:

Office—c/o Sundance Institute, 8530 Wilshire Blvd., 3rd Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90211; Wildwood Enterprises Inc./South Fork Pictures, 725 Arizona Ave., Suite 306, Santa Monica, CA 90401. Agent—Creative Artists Agency, 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067. Publicist—PMK/HBH Public Relations, 700 San Vicente Blvd., Suite G910, West Hollywood, CA 90069.

Career:

Actor, director, and producer. Wildwood International (production company; later Wildwood Enterprises), founder, 1969; Sundance Resort, Provo, UT, owner; Sundance Institute (for independent filmmakers), Salt Lake City, UT, founder and president, beginning 1981; host of Sundance Film Festival and co-creator of Sundance Film Channel (cable television network), 1995—; South Fork Films, founder, 1983. Institute for Resource Management, founder, 1983, and fundraiser for various interests and causes. Formerly active with Natural Resources Defense Council and Environmental Defense Fund. Previously worked for International Business Machines and Standard Oil in the 1950s, and as a carpenter and shop assistant.

Member:

Kappa Sigma.

Awards, Honors:

Theatre World Award, 1961, for Sunday in New York; Emmy Award nomination, best supporting actor, 1962, for Alcoa Premiere; Golden Globe Award, most promising male newcomer of the year, 1966, for Inside Daisy Clover; Hasty Pudding Man of the Year Award, Hasty Pudding Theatricals, Harvard University, 1970; Film Award, best actor, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1971, for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Downhill Racer, and Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here; Golden Apple Award, male star of the year, Hollywood Women's Press Club, 1973; Academy Award nomination, best actor, 1974, for The Sting; Golden Globe awards, male world film favorite, 1975, 1977, and 1978; National Board of Review Award, best director, 1980, Academy Award, best director, Golden Globe Award, and Directors Guild of America Award (with others), outstanding directorial achievement for feature films, all 1981, for Ordinary People; Dartmouth Film Society award, 1990; Golden Globe Award nomination, best director, 1993, for A River Runs Through It; Cecil B. DeMille Award, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, 1994; Academy Award nomination and Golden Globe Award nomination, both best director, Academy Award nomination (with others), New York Film Critics Award, and Film Award, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, all best picture, 1995, for Quiz Show; Life Achievement Award, Screen Actors Guild, 1996; Golden Globe Award nomination, best director of a motion picture, and Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination, favorite actor in a drama or romance, both 1999, for The Horse Whisperer. Honorary L.H.D., University of Colorado, 1987; Audubon Medal, National Audubon Society, 1989, for "lifetime campaign for environmental protection"; honorary D.Univ., University of Massachusetts, 1990; National Medal of Freedom, National Endowment for the Arts, 1996; Freedom in Film Award, Nashville Film Festival, 2001; Honorary Academy Award, 2002; honorary doctorate of humane letters, Bard College, 2004; Kennedy Center Honors, 2005; Special Prize for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 2005; named an Officer of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(Uncredited) Basketball player, Tall Story, 1960.

Private Ray Loomis, War Hunt, T-D Enterprises/United Artists, 1962.

Captain Hank Wilson, Situation Hopeless … But Not Serious, Paramount, 1965.

Wade Lewis, Inside Daisy Clover, Warner Bros., 1966.

Eubber Reeves, The Chase, Columbia, 1966.

Owen Legate, This Property Is Condemned, Paramount, 1966.

Paul Bratter, Barefoot in the Park, Paramount, 1967.

David Chappellet, Downhill Racer, Paramount, 1967.

Harry Longbaugh, the Sundance Kid, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969.

Christopher Cooper, Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (also known as Willie Boy), Universal, 1970.

"Big Halsey" Knox, Little Fauss and Big Halsey, Paramount, 1970.

The Making of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," 1970.

Title role, Jeremiah Johnson, Warner Bros., 1972.

Himself, The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson, 1972.

John Archibald Dortmunder, The Hot Rock (also known as How to Steal a Diamond in Four Uneasy Lessons), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1972.

Bill McKay, The Candidate, Warner Bros., 1972.

Hubbell Gardner, The Way We Were, Columbia, 1973.

Johnny Hooker, The Sting, Universal, 1973.

Jay Gatsby, The Great Gatsby, Paramount, 1974.

Title role, The Great Waldo Pepper, Universal, 1974.

Narrator, Following the Tundra Wolf, 1974.

Joe Turner, Three Days of the Condor (also known as 3 Days of the Condor), Paramount, 1975.

Major Julian Cook, A Bridge Too Far, United Artists, 1975.

Narrator, Broken Treaty at Battle Mountain (documentary), 1975.

Bob Woodward, All the President's Men, Warner Bros., 1976.

Himself, Pressure and the Press: The Making of "All the President's Men," 1976.

Norman "Sonny" Steele, The Electric Horseman, Columbia, 1979.

Henry Brubaker, Brubaker, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980.

Roy Hobbs, The Natural, TriStar, 1984.

Denys Finch Hatton, Out of Africa, Universal, 1985.

Tom Logan, Legal Eagles, Universal, 1986.

Narrator, To Protect Mother Earth (also known as Broken Treaty II; documentary), 1989.

Narrator, Changing Steps, 1989.

Narrator, Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven, 1989.

Jack Weil, Havana, Universal, 1990.

Himself, Our Biosphere: The Earth in Our Hands, 1991.

(Uncredited) Narrator, A River Runs Through It, Columbia, 1992.

Martin Bishop/Martin Brice, Sneakers, Universal, 1992.

Narrator, Incident at Oglala (also known as Leonard Peltier: A True Story), Miramax, 1992.

John Gage, Indecent Proposal, Paramount, 1993.

Warren Justice, Up Close and Personal, Buena Vista, 1996.

Himself, Wild Bill, Hollywood Maverick: The Life and Times of William A. Wellman (documentary; also known as Wild Bill, Hollywood Maverick), Turner Pictures, 1996.

Himself, Anthem (documentary), Zeitgeist Films, 1997.

Tom Booker, The Horse Whisperer, Buena Vista, 1998.

Himself, Endredando sombras (documentary; also known as Entangling Shadows), Producciones Amaranta, 1998.

Forever Hollywood (documentary), Eastman Kodak Co., 1999.

Himself, New York in the 50's, Avatar Films, 2001.

Nathan Muir, The Spy Game, Universal, 2001.

Lieutenant General Eugene Irwin, The Last Castle, DreamWorks Distribution, 2001.

Himself, The Making of "Spy Game" (documentary short), Universal Home Entertainment, 2001.

Himself, More About the Condor (documentary short), Studio Canal, 2001.

Himself, The Making of "Sneakers" (documentary short), Universal Studios Home Video, 2001.

Himself, Sundance 20 (documentary), Sundance Channel, 2002.

Himself, Abby Singer (also known as Abby Singer 2007), 2003.

Wayne Hayes, The Clearing (also known as Anatomie einer entfuhrung), Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2004.

Narrator, Sacred Planet (documentary short), Buena Vista, 2004.

Himself, Film Trix 2004 (documentary short), 2004.

Einar Gilkyson, An Unfinished Life (also known as Ein Ungezahmtes leben), Miramax, 2005.

Himself, Trudell (documentary), Balcony Releasing, 2005.

Himself, The Art of "The Sting" (documentary), Universal Studios Home Video, 2005.

Voice of Ike the Horse, Charlotte's Web (also known as Schweinchen Wilbur und seine freunde), Paramount, 2006.

Narrator, Cosmic Collisions (documentary short), 2006.

Himself, All That Follows Is True: The Making of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (documentary short), Fox Home Video, 2006.

Himself, Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire (documentary short), Warner Home Video, 2006.

Himself, Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men" (documentary short), Warner Home Video, 2006.

Dr. Stephen Malley, Lions for Lambs, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2007.

Himself, The Unforeseen (documentary), Cinema Guild, 2007.

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (documentary; also known as B.G.A.2 and Broadway: The Golden Age Two), 2008.

Also appeared in The Crow Killer.

Film Work:

Coproducer, Downhill Racer, Paramount, 1967.

Coproducer, All the President's Men, Warner Bros., 1976.

Director, Ordinary People, Paramount, 1980.

Executive producer, The Solar Film, 1981.

Producer, The Natural, TriStar, 1984.

Executive producer, Promised Land (also known as Young Hearts), Vestron, 1987.

Executive producer, Some Girls (also known as Sisters), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988.

Director and producer, The Milagro Beanfield War, Universal, 1988.

Executive producer, The Dark Wind, 1991.

Executive producer, Incident at Oglala (also known as Leonard Peltier: A True Story), Miramax, 1992.

Director and producer, A River Runs Through It, New Line Cinema, 1992.

Executive producer, King of the Hill, 1993.

Director and producer, Quiz Show, 1994.

Coproducer, The American President, 1995.

Executive producer, She's the One, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996.

Executive producer, No Looking Back, Gramercy, 1998.

Executive producer, Slums of Beverly Hills, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998.

Producer, A Civil Action, Buena Vista, 1998.

Director and producer, The Horse Whisperer, Buena Vista, 1998.

Director and producer, The Legend of Bagger Vance, DreamWorks Distribution, 2000.

Executive producer, How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (also known as Mad Dogs and Englishman), Millennium Films, 2000.

Executive producer, People I Know (also known as Im inneren kreis and Der innere kreis), Myriad Pictures/South Fork Pictures, Miramax, 2001.

Executive producer, Love in the Time of Money, THINKFilm, 2002.

Executive producer, The Motorcycle Diaries (also known as Diarios de motocicleta, Carnets de voyage, Die reise des jungen, and Voyage a motocyclette), Focus Features, 2004.

Executive producer, The Unforeseen (documentary), 2007.

Director and producer, Lions for Lambs, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2007.

Television Appearances; Specials:

"Captain Brassbound's Conversion," Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC, 1960.

The 53rd Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1981.

Narrator, "Condor," National Audubon Society Specials, PBS, 1986.

The Golden Eagle Awards, syndicated, 1987.

Narrator, Living Dangerously, Arts and Entertainment, 1987.

Bill Moyer's World of Ideas, PBS, 1988.

Narrator, "Grizzly and Man: Uneasy Truce," National Audubon Society Specials, PBS, 1988.

People Magazine on TV, CBS, 1989.

Robert Redford and Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies (also known as Robert Redford: The Man, the Movies, and the Myth), NBC, 1990.

The New Hollywood, NBC, 1990.

The Challenge to Wildlife: A Public Television Special Report, PBS, 1990.

Narrator, Three Flags over Everest, PBS, 1990.

Host and narrator, "Wolves," National Audubon Society Specials, PBS, 1990.

Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros., 1991.

Naked Hollywood, 1991.

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, 1992.

Hollywood and Politics, 1992.

Stars in the Making, 1995.

Paul Newman: Hollywood's Charming Rebel, 1995.

Inside the Academy Awards, 1995.

Honoree, The Second Annual Screen Actors Guild, NBC, 1996.

Narrator, Wallace Stegner: A Writer's Life, 1997.

Independents Day, Sundance Channel, 1998.

Host, Visions of Grace: Robert Redford and "The Horse Whisperer," 1998.

Forever Hollywood, 1999.

Bill Bradley: In the Game, 1999.

Narrator, The Mystery of Chaco Canyon, 2000.

Robert Redford: Hollywood Outlaw, 2000.

Paul Newman, 2001.

"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws of Time," History v. Hollywood, History Channel, 2001.

The 74th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2002.

OL Salt Lake City 2002, 2002.

Robert Redford, Bravo, 2002.

Once Upon a Time in Utah, Sundance, BBC, 2003.

Host, National Anthem: Inside the Vote for Change Concert Tour, Sundance, 2004.

Presenter, AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Meryl Streep, USA Network, 2004.

A "Dr. Phil" Primetime Special: Family First, CBS, 2004.

The Making of "The Motorcycle Diaries," 2004.

Biography Special: The Fondas, Arts and Entertainment, 2004.

Something About Sydney Pollack, 2004.

The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2005.

The Secret Man, NBC, 2005.

Honoree, The 28th Annual Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, CBS, 2005.

The Mark Twain Prize: Neil Simon, 2006.

The Kennedy Center Presents: The 2006 Mark Twain Prize, PBS, 2006.

Also appeared in Hollywood and Politics, CNN.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Tanner on Tanner, Sundance, 2004.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"The Case of the Treacherous Toupee," Perry Mason, CBS, 1958.

Jimmy Coleman, "Iron Hand," Maverick, ABC, 1960.

Bill Johnson, "The Last Gunfight," The Deputy, NBC, 1960.

Lieutenant Lott, "In the Presence of Mine Enemies," Playhouse 90, CBS, 1960.

John Torsett, "The Bounty Hunter," Tate, NBC, 1960.

"The Golden Deed," Moment of Fear, NBC, 1960.

"Comanche Scalps," Tate, NBC, 1960.

Don Parritt, "The Iceman Cometh," Play of the Week, syndicated, 1960.

"Born a Giant," Our American Heritage, NBC, 1960.

Danny Tilford, "Breakdown," Rescue 8, 1960.

Dick Hart, "The Case of the Treacherous Toupee," Perry Mason, 1960.

Blue Jacket, "Captain Brassbound's Conversion," Hallmark Hall of Fame (also known as Hallmark Television Playhouse), 1960.

"Black Monday," Play of the Week, syndicated, 1961.

Baldwin, "Tombstone for a Derelict," Naked City, ABC, 1961.

George Harrod, "The Coward," Americans, NBC, 1961.

Johnny Gates, "The Grudge," Whispering Smith, NBC, 1961.

Janosh, "First Class Mouliak," Route 66, CBS, 1961.

Art Ellison, "The Covering Darkness," Bus Stop, ABC, 1961.

Hitchhiker, "Lady Killer," The New Breed, ABC, 1961.

Charlie Marx, "The Right Kind of Medicine," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, NBC, 1961.

Chuck Marsden, "A Piece of the Action," The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, CBS, 1962.

Mark Hadley, "The Burning Sky," Dr. Kildare, NBC, 1962.

George Laurents, "The Voice of Charlie Pont," Alcoa Premiere, ABC, 1962.

Harold Beldon, "Nothing in the Dark," The Twilight Zone (also known as Twilight Zone), 1962.

Jackson Emmit Parker, "Snowball," The Untouchables, ABC, 1963.

David Chesterman, "A Tangled Web," The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, CBS, 1963.

Nick Oakland, "The Last of the Big Spenders," The Dick Powell Show (also known as The Dick Powell Theatre), NBC, 1963.

Roger Morton, "Bird and Snake," Breaking Point, ABC, 1963.

Matthew Cordell, "The Evil That Men Do," The Virginian (also known as The Men from Shiloh), NBC, 1963.

Gary Degan, "The Siege," The Defenders, CBS, 1964.

V.I.P.—Schaukel, 1980.

Narrator, "Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?," The American Experience, PBS, 1988.

Narrator, The Mystery of Chaco Canyon, PBS, 1989.

Narrator, "Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven," The American Experience, PBS, 1989.

The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, 1992.

"Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey," American Masters, PBS, 1992.

"Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval," American Masters, PBS, 1995.

"Paul Newman: Hollywood's Charming Rebel," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1995.

The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1998.

"Robert Redford: Hollywood Outlaw," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 2000.

"The Legend of Bagger Vance," HBO First Look, HBO, 2000.

"Inside the Walls of ‘The Last Castle,’" HBO First Look, HBO, 2001.

"Robert Redford," Bravo Profiles, Bravo, 2001.

The Ray Martin Show, 2001.

Independent Day, 2002.

Leute heute, 2002.

Festival Pass with Chris Gore, Starz, 2002.

Carl Schurz, "What Is Freedom?," Freedom: A History of Us, PBS, 2003.

Captain M. M. Miller, "A War to End Slavery," Freedom: A History of Us, PBS, 2003.

"Dustin Hoffman," The Hollywood Greats (also known as Hollywood Greats), BBC1, 2004.

"The Clearing," Anatomy of a Scene, Sundance, 2004.

Ahora, 2004.

Tanner on Tanner, Sundance, 2004.

"Robert Redford & Paul Newman," Iconoclasts, Sundance, 2005.

Host, "The Power of Knowledge," The New Heroes, 2005.

Host, "Technology of Freedom," The New Heroes, 2005.

Host, "Power of Enterprise," The New Heroes, 2005.

Host, "Dreams of Sanctuary," The New Heroes, 2005.

"Robert Redford," HARDtalk Extra, BBC, 2005.

Inside the Actors Studio, Bravo, 2005.

Hardball with Chris Matthews, CNBC, 2005.

The Al Franken Show, Sundance, 2005.

Magacine, 2005.

20/20 (also known as ABC News 20/20), ABC, 2005.

Narrator, "America's Underwater Treasures: Part I & II," Jean-Michel Cousteau: Ocean Adventures, 2006.

"The Unforeseen," Now with Bill Moyers (also known as Now), PBS, 2007.

Corazon de …, 2006.

Also appeared in an episode of Sesame Street.

Television Work; Series:

Executive producer, Iconoclasts, Sundance, 2005-2006.

Executive producer, Big Ideas for a Small Planet, Sundance, 2007.

Television Work; Movies:

Executive producer, Grand Avenue, HBO, 1996.

Executive producer, Skinwalkers, PBS, 2002.

Executive producer, Coyote Waits, PBS, 2003.

Executive producer, A Thief of Time, PBS, 2004.

Television Work; Specials:

Creative advisor, The Native Americans, 1994.

Executive producer, Visions of Grace: Robert Redford and "The Horse Whisperer," 1998.

Television Work; Episodic:

Executive producer, "Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven," The American Experience, PBS, 1989.

Stage Appearances:

Tall Story, Broadway production, 1959.

The Highest Tree, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1960.

Little Moon of Alban, 1960.

Sunday in New York, Broadway production, 1961-62.

Paul Bratter, Barefoot in the Park, Broadway production, 1963-64.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Film-Fest DVD: Issue 1—Sundance, 1999.

Also associated with the video California Condor.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

The Solar Film, 1981.

Television Episodes:

"Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven," The American Experience, PBS, 1989.

Other Writings:

The Outlaw Trail (memoir), Grosset (New York, NY), 1978.

Contributor of articles to periodicals, including American Film, Film Comment, and National Geographic.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Contemporary Authors, Volume 107, Gale, 1983.

Crowther, Bruce, Robert Redford, Spellmount, 1985.

Downing, David, Robert Redford, W. H. Allen & Co., 1982.

Encyclopedia of World Biography Supplement, Volume 18, Gale, 1998.

International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 3: Actors and Actresses, St. James Press, 1996.

Reed, D. A., Robert Redford, Sherbourne, 1975.

Schoell, William, The Sundance Kid: A Biography of Robert Redford, Taylor Trade Publishing, 2006.

Spada, James, The Films of Robert Redford, Citadell Press, 1977.

Periodicals:

American Film, March, 1988, p. 26.

Entertainment Weekly, fall, 1996; September 5, 1997; November 1, 1999, p. 91.

Film Comment, January/February, 1988, p. 32.

Interview, September, 1994; January, 1997.

Newsweek, May 28, 1984, p. 75.

New York, December 10, 1990, p. 34.

People Weekly, February 18, 1980, p. 96; June 8, 1998, p. 86.

Premiere, February, 1991, p. 88; June, 1998, p. 37.

Rolling Stone, October 6, 1994.

Sports Illustrated, May 7, 1984, p. 92.

USA Today, May, 1999, p. 62.