Robert Redford worked in film.
Inside Daisy Clover is a 1965 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan , based on Gavin Lambert 's 1963 novel of the same name and stars Natalie Wood as the titular character . Robert Redford . Redford made his film debut in War Hunt ( 1962 ) . He starred in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ( 1969 ) , which was a huge success and made him a major star . The first film that Redford directed , Ordinary People ( 1980 ) , was one of the most critically and publicly acclaimed films of the decade , winning four Oscars , and in the same year , he starred in Brubaker ( 1980 ) . He starred in Out of Africa ( 1985 ) , which was an enormous critical and box office success , and won seven Oscars including Best Picture , proving to be his greatest success of the decade .