Kristin Scott Thomas was born in Dorset and educated at theCentral School of Speech and Drama as well as the ÉcoleNationale des Arts et Techniques de Théatre in Paris. Her performance in "Angels andInsects" won her another Evening Standard Award, that time as BestActress. "Four Weddings and aFuneral" was one of the most popular British films ever made, andearned her two of England's most important acting prizes The EveningStandard Award and the Best Supporting Actress Award from the BritishFilm and Television Academy (BAFTA).
She also made an indelible impression on audiences in two filmsreleased in 1994: Roman Polanski's "Bitter Moon," in which she playeda spiteful wife, and "Four Weddings and a Funeral," in which sheappeared as a supremely elegant and beautiful Englishwoman with anunrequited passion for the film's hero. KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS (Annie MacLean) was nominated for anAcademy Award® as Best Actress for her performance as KatharineClifford in the 1996 Oscar®-winning Best Picture, "The EnglishPatient." Other film roles include "Jeremiah Johnson," "The Way We Were,""The Sting" (for which he received an Academy Award® nomination),"The Great Gatsby," "Three Days of the Condor," "The ElectricHorseman," "Brubaker," "The Natural," "Out of Africa," "LegalEagles," "Sneakers," "Indecent Proposal," and most recently "Up Close& Personal." Under the Wildwood banner, Redford starredin "Downhill Racer," "The Candidate" and he produced and starred in"All The President's Men." Redford went on to portray an array of characters in a spectrum offilms, many from his own production company, Wildwood Enterprises,which he founded in 1968. Films that followed included "Tell Them Willie Boyis Here," "Little Fauss and Big Halsey," and "Butch Cassidy and theSundance Kid," which established him as a star. At the suggestion of aninstructor, Redford moved to the American Academy of Dramatic Artswhere a passion for acting superseded his interest in pictorial art.Ī small part on Broadway led to roles in several major livetelevision dramas, and, in 1961, he made his feature debut in "WarHunt." Later that year, he starred in his first Broadway show,"Sunday in New York," which was soon followed by "Barefoot in thePark." It was the film version of "Barefoot in the Park" in which hestarred with Jane Fonda, that first brought him both public andindustry notice. Continuing his art studies when he returned to the U.S.A., heenrolled at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. From its modest beginnings, the Festival is now the mostimportant venue for the presentation of independent films in TheUnited States.īorn in Santa Monica, California, Redford attended the Universityof Colorado on a baseball scholarship only to leave school after twoyears to travel through Europe, studying art in Paris and Florence.
He recently produced the forthcoming "The Slums of Beverly Hills"and "A Civil Action," and has been executive producer for "The DarkWind," "Some Girls," "Promised Land," "The Solar Film," the recenttelefilm "Grand Avenue," as well as the feature "She's The One" whichwas the first completed film from his recently-formed productioncompany, South-Fork Pictures.Ī strong advocate of independent filmmaking, Redford founded theSundance Institute in 1980, an organization "dedicated to the supportand development of emerging screenwriters and directors of vision andto the national and international exhibition of new Americanindependent cinema." The Institute is also the sponsor of the annualSundance Film Festival, which takes place every winter in Park City,Utah. He has also directed and produced "The Milagro Beanfield War" and"A River Runs Through It," and served as executive producer andnarrator of a documentary about the Native-American activist LeonardPeltier, which was released in 1992 by Miramax. Redford won the Best Director Academy Award® for his featuredirecting debut on the intensely emotional family drama "OrdinaryPeople." He was also nominated for an Academy Award® fordirecting "Quiz Show." As an actor, he received an AcademyAward® nomination for his performance in "The Sting." Touchstone Pictures' "TheHorse Whisperer" is the first film he has directed in which he alsostars. ROBERT REDFORD (Directed by/Producer/Tom Booker) has wonwide acclaim for his work as a producer, director, actor, champion ofindependent film, and environmentalist.
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