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Robert Redford Lifetime Achievement—in 2002. In 2010, he was made a chevalier of the "Légion d'Honneur". He has won BAFTA, Directors Guild of America, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild awards. In April 2014, "Time" magazine included Redford in their annual "Time" 100 as one of the "Most Influential People in the World", declaring him the "Godfather of Indie Film". In 2016, Redford was honored with a Presidential Medal of Freedom. Redford was born on August 18, 1936, in Santa Monica, California, to Martha W. ("née" Hart) and Charles Robert Redford Sr., a milkman-turned-accountant. He has a stepbrother, William, from his father's