" cooper has also loses sight of these goals , " redford continued . " he brings to the position an infectious enthusiasm as well as a depth understanding of the documentary brand and culture . . . he is a wild choice of succession to direct the festival into the 21st century . " among his other responsibilities for sundance are helping foster the development of new frontier on major weekend , a multimedia confluence of filmmaker , music and other art media , and help boost the festival ' s internet presence — through its official web site ( online . discovery . org / festival ) , an online version of the journal , as well as the sundance institute ' s agreements with itunes and netflix to screen and promote short films .
Robert Redford is the founder of Sundance Film Festival.