Hollywood Actor Robert Redford has been conferred with the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Chaplin Award. Redford, who is 78 years old, is famous all over the world for films such as “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”, “The Last Castle” and “All the President’s Men”.

Robert Redford founded the Sundance Institute in 1981 to help emerging film makers. The Utah-based Sundance Film Festival is now considered the top U.S. independent film festival. Redford has previously won accolades at the Oscars with an Honorary Award as well as the Golden Globes and Baftas.  In April 2014, Time magazine included Redford in its “Most Influential People in the World” declaring him the “Godfather of Indie Film“.

The Film Society of Lincoln Center was founded in 1969 by three Lincoln Center executives. The Center is based in New York City, United States. It is one of the world’s most prominent film presentation organizations. The Film Society is well known for two world-class international festivals—the New York Film Festival and New Directors/New Films.

The Film Society first held the annual gala in 1972 to honour British-born Charlie Chaplin. The award was renamed after the legendary actor and has been awarded every year to major Hollywood stars, which include Al Pacino, Jessica Lange, Sidney Poitier, Tom Hanks, Rob Reiner, Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, Alfred Hitchcock..etc