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Robert Redford’s Milestones
| Formed Wildwood International (later Wildwood Enterprises) | |
| Formed second production company, South Fork Films, to produce modestly-budgeted films | |
| Returned to the boxoffice top ten in 1980 (placing 2nd) and in 1984 (placing 7th) | |
| Will portray Brooklyn Dodger's general manager Branch Rickey in the Untitled Jackie Robinson Project (filming 2007) | |
| 1957 | After leaving college worked as a carpenter, shop assistant and oil field worker |
| 1957 - 1958 | Traveled to Europe and lived in Paris and Florence |
| 1958 | TV debut, "Perry Mason" (CBS) |
| 1959 | Made Broadway debut in a small role in the comedy, "Tall Story" |
| 1960 | Had breakthrough TV role playing a Nazi soldier opposite Charles Laughton in "In the Presence of Mine Enemies", the final installment of CBS' "Playhouse 90" |
| 1961 | Bought Utah ranch which eventually became home of Sundance Film Festival |
| 1961 | First major role on Broadway, "Sunday in New York" |
| 1962 | Made film acting debut in "War Hunt"; Sydney Pollack co-starred |
| 1963 | Received Emmy nomination for supporting role in "The Voice of Charlie Pont", aired on "Alcoa Premiere" (ABC) |
| 1965 | First film with Natalie Wood, "Inside Daisy Clover"; portrayed a bisexual movie star |
| 1966 | Initial screen teaming with Jane Fonda in "The Chase" |
| 1966 | Reteamed with Natalie Wood in "This Property Is Condemned"; directed by Sydney Pollack |
| 1967 | Recreated stage role of uptight newlywed Paul Bratter in film version of "Barefoot in the Park" opposite Jane Fonda |
| 1969 | Breakthrough screen role as Harry Longbaugh aka The Sundance Kid in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", co-starring Paul Newman; directed by George Roy Hill and scripted by William Goldman |
| 1969 | First film produced under Wildwood banner, "Downhill Racer" |
| 1972 | Cast as a Kennedyesque politician in "The Candidate", scripted by Oscar-winner Jeremy Larner |
| 1972 | Played a jewel thief in the comedy "The Hot Rock", scripted by William Goldman |
| 1972 | Starred as a frontiersman in "Jeremiah Johnson", directed by Sydney Pollack |
| 1973 | First made exhibitors' annual poll of top ten boxoffice stars; placed 5th |
| 1973 | Reteamed with Paul Newman and director George Roy Hill for the period caper comedy "The Sting"; received Best Actor Oscar nomination |
| 1973 | Starred opposite Barbra Streisand in the romantic drama "The Way We Were", helmed by Sydney Pollack |
| 1974 | Tapped to star as F Scott Fitzgerald's anti-hero Jay Gatsby in the lavish film remake "The Great Gatsby" |
| 1975 | Reunited with director George Roy Hill and screenwriter William Goldman for the period comedy-drama "The Great Waldo Pepper"; played a barnstorming pilot |
| 1976 | Portrayed Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward (to Dustin Hoffman's Carl Bernstein) in the political drama "All the President's Men", written by William Goldman |
| 1977 | Placed 5th in annual exhibitors' boxoffice poll |
| 1979 | Reteamed with Jane Fonda in the romantic comedy "The Electric Horseman" |
| 1980 | Featured directorial debut, "Ordinary People"; movie won four Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director |
| 1980 | Founded Sundance Institute and its film and theater development lab |
| 1983 | Founded Institute for Resource Management, an environmental organization |
| 1984 | Starred as baseball player Roy Hobbs in the screen adaptation of "The Natural" |
| 1985 | Portrayed Denys Finch Hatton, a British adventurer who romances author Isak Dinesen (Meryl Streep) in the Oscar-winning Best Picture "Out of Africa"; Sydney Pollack directed |
| 1986 | Returned to screen comedy as a lawyer in "Legal Eagles" |
| 1987 | Served as executive producer on "Promised Land", which was fostered by the Sundance Institute |
| 1988 | Helmed second film, "The Milagro Beanfield War" |
| 1989 | Formally assumed control of the US Film Festival and renamed it the Sundance Film Festival |
| 1990 | Experienced boxoffice failure with the big-budget romance "Havana", helmed by Pollack |
| 1992 | Directed third feature, the adaptation of Norman MacLean's autobiographical novella "A River Runs Through It"; also produced and did uncredited narration |
| 1992 | Executive produced and narrated the documentary "Incident at Ogala", directed by Michael Apted |
| 1993 | Executive produced Steven Soderbergh's underrated "King of the Hill" |
| 1993 | Starred opposite Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson as a wealthy man who offers $1 million to a couple for one night with the wife in "Indecent Proposal" |
| 1994 | Helmed the period drama "Quiz Show", about the 1950s TV quiz show scandals; film received four Academy Award nominations including Best Picture and Best Director |
| 1995 | Signed with the Showtime Networks to form The Sundance Film Channel, a 24-hour pay cable station featuring independent films |
| 1996 | Played a veteran newsman who mentors and romances an rising talent (Michelle Pfeiffer) in "Up Close and Personal" |
| 1996 | Served as executive producer of Edward Burns' second film "She's the One" |
| 1997 | Announced formation of Sundance Cinemas, a chain of movie theaters that will only show independent films; venture is a joint effort with GC Cos. which operates the General Cinema movie theaters |
| 1998 | Directed himself for the first time in "The Horse Whisperer"; also produced |
| 1998 | Executive produced Edward Burns' "No Looking Back" |
| 1998 | Served as a producer on "A Civil Action" |
| 2000 | Directed sixth motion picture, "The Legend of Bagger Vance", a period drama about a Southern golfer and his mysterious caddy |
| 2000 | Executive produced the well-received festival-screened "How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog" |
| 2001 | Co-starred with Brad Pitt in "Spy Game" |
| 2001 | Had leading role in "The Last Castle" |
| 2004 | Cast opposite Helen Mirren in the thriller "The Clearing" |
| 2005 | Co-starred with Jennifer Lopez and Morgan Freeman in the Lasse Hallström drama "An Unfinished Life" |
| 2006 | Voiced the role of Ike the Horse in the feature adaptation of E.B. White's classic novel "Charlotte's Web" |
| 2007 | Directed first film in seven years, "Lions for Lambs," about America’s role in Afghanistan; also acted |
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