{"id":141917,"date":"2025-09-16T20:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T20:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/141917\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T20:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T20:28:07","slug":"one-of-the-lions-has-passed-hollywood-remembers-robert-redford-as-he-dies-aged-89-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/141917\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;One of the lions has passed&#8217;: Hollywood remembers Robert Redford as he dies aged 89"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;We will miss his love for the creative process&#8217; &#8211; Sundance Institutepublished at 17:36 BST<\/p>\n<p>17:36 BST<\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Redford speaking at a podium\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/640\/cpsprodpb\/vivo\/live\/images\/2025\/9\/16\/b6479faf-ffdd-4d35-b841-f6a163c68732.jpg.webp\"  width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Redford speaks at the &#8220;Norman Lear: Just Another Version Of You&#8221; Premiere during the 2016 Sundance Film Festival<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sundance Institute, an organisation founded by Redford that supports independent filmmaking, has just released a statement following the actor&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We<br \/>\nare deeply saddened by the loss of our founder and friend Robert Redford,&#8221; the statement says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The statement continues: &#8220;Bob\u2019s<br \/>\nvision of a space and a platform for independent voices launched a movement<br \/>\nthat, over four decades later, has<br \/>\ninspired generations of artists and redefined cinema in the U.S. and around the<br \/>\nworld.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Beyond his enormous contributions to culture at large, we will miss his<br \/>\ngenerosity, clarity of purpose, curiosity, rebellious spirit, and his love for<br \/>\nthe creative process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We are humbled to be among the stewards of his remarkable<br \/>\nlegacy, which will continue to guide the Institute in perpetuity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Redford was an advocate for independent cinema, leading to his creation of the Sundance Institute which is known for its prestigious annual Sundance Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The festival has helped launched the careers of directors including Quentin Tarantino and Steven Soderbergh and provided a launchpad for films such as Reservoir Dogs, Sex, Lies And Videotape, The Blair Witch Project, Little Miss Sunshine and recent Oscar-winner Coda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;We will miss his love for the creative process&#8217; &#8211; Sundance Institutepublished at 17:36 BST 17:36 BST Image&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-141917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}