Joana Vicente steps down as Sundance Institute CEO
Joana Vicente is stepping down because the CEO of the Sundance Institute, the nonprofit behind the annual Sundance Movie Competition, after two and a half years
Joana Vicente is stepping down because the CEO of the Sundance Institute, the nonprofit behind the annual Sundance Movie Competition, after two and a half years.
“She has been a real advocate for unbiased storytellers, and I do know she’s going to proceed to positively influence this group,” mentioned Sundance Institute Board Chair Ebs Burnough in an announcement launched Friday.
Vicente oversaw among the Sundance Institute’s most difficult years in the course of the pandemic, when the competition went digital and later got here again as a hybrid model.
Amanda Kelso, a member of the board, has been appointed performing CEO, the group mentioned.
Kelso will transition into the position in April and Vicente will proceed to advise by means of June. She involves the place with 25 years of expertise in communications and know-how, together with serving because the managing director of Google Artistic Lab.
“I consider within the energy of Sundance and its ongoing influence in nurturing our mission-based work,” Kelso mentioned in an announcement.
The Sundance Institute runs applications yr spherical for rising artists, together with directing and screenwriting labs and different artist applications which have helped filmmakers like Ryan Coogler, Chloé Zhao, the Daniels, Paul Thomas Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, Darren Aronofsky and Nia DaCosta early of their careers.
