Lost and Found at the Movies:
Sundance Special with John Cooper

Featuring John Cooper In conversation with John Nein, Senior Programmer, Sundance Film Festival
Wednesday, Mar 11, 2020 | 7:30pm Mark Taper Auditorium-Central Library

Having stepped down last month as Director of the Sundance Film Festival, John Cooper offers a unique perspective on an artistic movement that became an invaluable part of our cultural and social fabric—its renegade films and filmmakers, outrageous stories of grit and determination, late night deals, the serendipity of cult classics, and the making of its own mythology, including the culminating wisdom of Cooper’s “Ten Commandments” of Indie Film.

From the breakout artists to the most shocking moments, join us for The (Indie) World According to Cooper.

LFLA Members are invited to enjoy an exclusive reception following the program.

Lost & Found at the Movies is generously supported by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association

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John Nein

John Nein

John Nein is a senior programmer at the Sundance Film Festival and deals primarily with US and international feature films. He also plans the festival’s panels and runs the Institute’s film preservation initiative. John grew up in Europe and the United States, studied history at Carleton College and earned his MFA from UCLA’s Film Directing program, where he made several award-winning shorts and lobbied tirelessly for better coffee in the vending machines.

John Cooper

John Cooper is the former Festival Director of the Sundance Film Festival, a role he held from April 2009 to February 2020. He has been a member of the Sundance programming staff since 1989. In the early years, Cooper created the Short Film Program at the festival and soon transitioned into programming documentaries and feature films. He steadily moved from Programmer to Senior Programmer and eventually Director of Programming. During his tenure, Cooper oversaw all public programming ventures, including Sundance London and Hong Kong. He also started the Ignite Program to serve film enthusiasts between the ages of 18-25. From 1995-1998 Cooper served as programming director of Outfest and served on the Outfest Board of Directors until 2002. In 2018 he was added to the Variety 500 of The Most Powerful People Working In The Global Media Business Today. Cooper currently assumes an emeritus role with Sundance Institute while enjoying his retirement in Northern California.

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