HOLLYWOOD actor and director Robert Redford is to receive a lifetime achievement award from New York’s Film Society of Lincoln Center.

    The 77-year-old’s career highlights will be celebrated at a gala in New York City next April.

    The society, which organizes the annual New York Film Festival, said that Redford’s “impact is hard to measure in many ways.”

    Recent Chaplin Award recipients include Barbra Streisand and Nicole Kidman.

    The honor is given to the movie industry’s most notable talents, and has also lauded Martin Scorsese, Alfred Hitchcock and Charlie Chaplin, after whom the award is named.

    He was the first recipient in 1972, while last year’s winner was director Rob Reiner.

    Lesli Klainberg, the film society’s executive director, said that Redford’s contribution as an actor has been significant, but also pinpointed his work as founder of the Sundance Film Festival.

    Redford starred in “All Is Lost” in 2013, which was shown at the New York Film Festival.

    His performance was greeted with a standing ovation at its Cannes Film Festival premiere last year.

    (SD-Agencies)