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Robert Redford
United States
Robert Redford transitioned from a struggling art student to an Oscar-winning director and founder of the Sundance Institute. His breakout role came in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969, followed by The Sting 1973 and All the President's Men 1976. He won Best Director for Ordinary People 1980 and later received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016. Redford died at his Sundance, Utah, home on September 16, 2025, at age 89.
