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 . His role in Inside Daisy Clover ( 1965 ) won him a Golden Globe for best new star . 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 ) .