Overview

• Publicist Cindi Berger confirmed the death in a statement cited by The New York Times, noting Redford died while sleeping in the mountains near Provo, surrounded by loved ones.
• The Sundance Institute, which he founded in 1981, issued a statement mourning the loss of its founder and credited his vision with elevating independent voices.
• Redford won the Academy Award for Best Director for Ordinary People and later received an honorary Oscar, cementing a second career behind the camera.
• He became a marquee star with classics including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, The Way We Were and All the President’s Men.
• An environmental and civic advocate, he announced retirement in 2018 yet made later screen appearances, including a cameo in Avengers: Endgame and an uncredited 2025 appearance in Dark Winds.