Robert Redford is a famous American actor, director and producer. You need to have a remarkable character in order to do as much in your life as this person did.
He has two Oscars, and one for his debut directorial work - the picture "Ordinary People". He also founded the American Institute of Independent Film "Sundance" and the eponymous international film festival.
It all began in the city of Santa Monica, California, where a son, Robert, was born to the Redford family. The boy had many hobbies, including painting, baseball, tennis. And at the age of 15, he wanted to become a stuntman, but nothing came of this venture. Then the teenager began to learn this profession himself.
In his youth, Robert led a free lifestyle, so he was expelled from the University of Colorado, but immediately entered the Faculty of Arts at the University of New York. And then he went to study at the Pratt Institute as a theater artist, and then at the Academy of Dramatic Art, to master the skill of an actor.
The beginning of an acting career
At 23, Robert was already playing in one of the theaters on Broadway, and at the same time auditioned for a movie. At first there were extras and episodes, and a year later - supporting roles in the series.
He played his first major role at the age of 26 - it was Roy in the movie "War Hunt" by Sidney Pollack. With this painting began a period of long-term collaboration between Redford and Pollack.
Real fame
However, real, stellar fame came to him with the role of Sundance in the cult western "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969). Millions of people watched and watched this film, where Robert played a noble bandit, and the British Film Academy awarded him a special award for this role.
But Robert Redford did not rest on his laurels for long - he had a dream, and he realized it three years later, opening the Wild Wood film company, where he shot his films. Apparently, he was haunted by an entrepreneurial streak, because at the same time as a busy filming schedule for films, he was working on the opening of the Sundance Film Institute. To this day, many teenagers dream of studying at this educational institution, and an annual festival of independent films is held on its basis. By the way, Robert bought the place where the festival takes place with a fee from the movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".
Since then, everything that Robert Redford does has consistently received the highest awards and audience recognition. Take the role in the thriller "The Last Castle", for which he received $ 11 million.
Personal life
Redford's first wife, the beautiful Lola van Wagenen, was his classmate. They lived together for 27 years, they have three children. And all of them, one way or another, followed in the footsteps of their father, having received an acting or art education.
In the 80s, the couple separated, Robert did not marry for a long time, but in 2009 the artist Sibylla Stsagarrs became his chosen one.
In 2016, Robert Redford announced the end of his acting career, but still continues to act, because even in the eighth ten he is in excellent physical and professional shape.
