Overview

• The New York Times first reported his death, and no cause has been disclosed.
• Jiji reported he died in his sleep, while noting that details on the cause remain unclear.
• He broke through in 1969 with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, co-starring with Paul Newman.
• Redford won the Academy Award for best director for his 1980 debut feature, Ordinary People.
• Later in his career he championed independent filmmaking as the driving force behind the Sundance Film Festival.