Robert Redford Prints
The Man Behind Sundance
Robert Redford got his break on TV, appearing in shows like Alfred Hitchcock Presents and The Twilight Zone. After a stint on Broadway he began to land roles in Hollywood, but it was in 1969, with the release of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, that Redford became a household name. Not content with his career as a leading man, Redford set about directing his first picture. In 1980 Ordinary People was released to critical acclaim, netting him the Academy Award for Best Picture, an incredible achievement for a first-time director working with a tight budget.
The win represented a deeply personal victory for Redford. He'd finally proven there was a real appetite for alternative filmmaking, and if there wasn't enough space for it in Hollywood, he would carve it out himself. The Sundance project and its yearly festival, held on land Redford purchased, is a haven for burgeoning artists and experimental projects. It stands against the homogeneity of modern films, to this day providing a space that fosters the challenging, the different, and the downright weird.
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