Robert Redford, the Oscar-winning actor, director and godfather of independent cinema as the founder of the Sundance Film Festival, has died at the age of 89.

Redford died “at his home at Sundance in the mountains of Utah in the Western US – the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved”, publicist Cindi Berger said in a statement Tuesday.

No cause of death was provided.

The iconic American actor and director is best known for his acclaimed performances in 1976’s All the President’s Men and 1969’s Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, where he made his breakthrough alongside Paul Newman as an affable outlaw in a hippy Western.

The tousled-haired, freckled actor made hearts beat faster in romantic roles such as Out of Africa, got political in The Candidate and All the President’s Men

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