BOULDER, Colo. — Robert Redford, actor, director, and founder of the Sundance Film Festival, passed away on Tuesday at 89.

He will be remembered as a leading man in films such as “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” “The Candidate,” and “All the President’s Men.”

While he was a Hollywood icon, Redford made massive contributions to independent films that shaped pop culture.

“He really started his focus on independent film and telling stories that weren't really getting told in the Hollywood mainstream way back in the really late 60s, doing his own films and then directing and then producing films and TV shows,” said Vincent Piturro, Professor of Film and Media Studies at MSU Denver.

Redford founded Sundance in 1981 as a nonprofit to support independent filmmakers through grants and men

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