Should John Cooper realy be named Sundance Film Festival director?
Yes, as he is a veterand festival director, he is more than up to the task, plus he is a bug name, which attracts attention. Here is an article about him: Working quickly to promote from within, the Sundance Institute on Tuesday named veteran festival programmer John Cooper the new director of the Sundance Film Festival. The announcement came just three weeks after Geoffrey Gilmore left the post to become chief creative officer for Robert De Niro’s media company, Tribeca Enterprises. Cooper, who has worked in various capacities at Sundance for the last 20 festivals, became its lead film programmer in 2002. He will now preside over all aspects of the nation’s leading festival for independently financed movies, including its move into online exhibition, strategic planning and worldwide partnerships. “There’s no question you will start to see some difference by 2010,” Ken Brecher, executive director of the Sundance Institute, said of Cooper’s influence on next January’s festival in Park C
