Amy Redford is opening up about her father,Robert Redford's impact, four monthsafter his death.
Inan interview with the "Today" show,the daughter of the legendary director and actor, 55, said he was "playful and curious and kind" and expressed gratitude for the way he raised she and her siblings.
Redford diedat 89 on Sept. 16 athis home at Sundancein the mountains of Utah. He is survived by his second wife, Sibylle, and two children who took up his artistic pursuits: Amy, a filmmaker, and her sister Shauna, a painter. His son Jamie Redford died in 2020, while another son died in infancy. He shared all four children with his first wife, Lola Van Wagenen.
"I think what he taught us to do is really find the thing that we're most passionate about and the things we think might be able to change the world," Amy Redford told "Today" on Jan. 19.
"The best thing I think he did for my family was raise usbetween New York City and the mountains of Sundance, because we got to live between the city and in natural law, and taught us a very strong value of stewardship," she continued. "So, you know, that's something that I think all of us bring to the table to this day."
Hollywood legend Robert Redford died Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 89. In 1985, Redford helped launch the Sundance Film Festival, which quickly became the premier showcase for independent film in the United States. Scroll through to see some of the actor's most memorable moments at Sundance beginning with the 2020 Sundance Film Festival directors' brunch at Sundance Resort on Jan. 25, 2020, in Provo, Utah." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
Redford and Ethan Hawke at Sundance Institute's "An Artist at the Table Presented by IMDbPro" at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 23, 2020, in Park City, Utah." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Alec Baldwin, Redford and his wife Sibylle Szaggars at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 23, 2020, in Park City, Utah." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Barbara Chai, Redford, Keri Putnam and John Cooper attend the opening day press conference at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 18, 2018, in Park City, Utah." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Redford, Katharine Ross and Sam Elliott attend "Power Of Story: The New Climate Panel" at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 22, 2017, in Park City, Utah." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Redford and his late song James Redford onstage at the New Climate Lunch Roundtable at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 22, 2017, in Park City, Utah." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
John Cooper, Redford, Al Gore, Bonnie Cohen, Jon Shenk and Jeff Skoll at the "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power" world premiere on Jan. 19, 2017 in Park City, Utah." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Redford, Keri Putnam and John Cooper answer questions during a news conference to open the festival on Jan. 17, 2013, in Park City, Utah." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Redford poses with volunteers on the festival's opening day on Jan. 21, 2010, in Park City, Utah." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Redford and John Cooper during a news conference on the first day of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 21, 2010, in Park City, Utah." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Rory Kennedy, Ethel Skakel Kennedy and Redford before the premiere of the documentary film "Ethel" on Jan. 20, 2012." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Taylor Swift and Redford arrive before the premiere of the documentary film "Ethel" during the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 20, 2012, in Park City, Utah." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Redford and Woody Harrelson pose during the People Speak ASCAP Music Cafe performance held during the 2009 Sundance Music Festival on Jan. 22, 2009, in Park City, Utah." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Redford, Martin McDonagh and Geoff Gilmore on the opening day news conference at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 17, 2008, in Park City, Utah." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Jennifer Aniston and Redford arrive at the "Friends with Money" opening night premiere at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 19, 2006, in Park City, Utah." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
Jeff Levy, Reford and Michael Thornton after they announced that Redford's Sundance independent movie channel has been picked up by the MediaOne cable television service on Aug. 5 1998, in Cambridge, Massachusetts." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Robert Redford's most memorable Sundance moments: See photos
Hollywood legend Robert Redford died Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 89.In 1985, Redford helped launch the Sundance Film Festival, which quickly became the premier showcase for independent film in the United States. Scroll through to see some of the actor's most memorable moments at Sundance beginning with the 2020 Sundance Film Festival directors' brunch at Sundance Resort on Jan. 25, 2020, in Provo, Utah.
Redfordfound a home in Sundance in the early 1980s, founding an Institute by the same name there to foster the works of indie directors, theater artists and composers. Out of that organization came the popular Sundance Film Festival, an event held annually in Park City, Utah, that gave filmmakers Quentin Tarantino, Steven Soderbergh, Kevin Smith, Darren Aronofsky, Paul Thomas Anderson and many others their first big breaks in the movie industry.
The festival will kick off this year on Jan. 22.
Contributing: Brian Truitt, USA TODAY
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Robert Redford's daughter shares most important thing he did as a dad
