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\nRobert Redford’s daughter, Amy, shared her thoughts on the late Hollywood icon as a fatherAmy appeared on the Today show to discuss Robert’s legacyThis year marks the first that the Sundance Film Festival will be held since Robert’s death<\/p>\n
Amy Redford<\/a> is remembering her late father, Robert Redford<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n The 55-year-old shared her favorite memories of growing up with her dad as she discussed the Oscar-winner and founder of the Sundance Film Festival on Today on Monday, Jan. 19.\n<\/p>\n \u201cHe was playful and curious and kind,\u201d said Amy. \u201cAnd I think what he taught us to do is really find the thing that we’re most passionate about and the things that we think might be able to change the world.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \u201cThe best thing I think he did for my family was raise us between New York City and the mountains of Sundance, because we got to live between the city and in natural law,\u201d she continued. \u201c[He] taught us a very strong value of stewardship. So that’s something that I think all of us bring to the table to this day. I\u2019m very proud of that.\u201d\n<\/p>\n Robert died<\/a> at the age of 89 at his home in Sundance, Utah, on Sept. 16, 2025, PEOPLE previously reported.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Amy also discussed on Today the upcoming Sundance Film Festival \u2014 which her father famously founded in 1981 \u2014 set to kick off on Thursday, Jan. 22, marking the first time the festival will take place since the actor\u2019s death.\n<\/p>\n \u201cFor my dad, it was, if you tell him not to do it, that just means it hasn\u2019t been done yet,\u201d Amy said about the legendary film festival. \u201cHe decided, \u2018Well, I have some platform and I’m going to use it to change the world.\u2019 \u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \u201cAnd I think knowing that there are so many stories out there that needed to be told that weren’t being told and that there were amazing storytellers that hadn’t been seen yet, was really his most foundational motivation,\u201d she added of her father.\n<\/p>\n Robert Redford with his daughter Amy and late son James.<\/p>\n Michael Caulfield\/WireImage<\/p>\n Robert and his first wife, Lola Van Wagenen, shared four children together, their eldest son, Scott, who died at 2 \u00bd months old in 1959, Shauna, 65, James, who died<\/a> aged 59 in 2020; and Amy. The late actor also had seven grandchildren<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n