Arts, Briefly - Sundance Festival Chooses New Director - NYTimes.com The Sundance Film Festival has found its new director, and it is an old hand. John Cooper, who was long in charge of programming for the festival, was named to the director's post. That job fell vacant last month when Geoffrey Gilmore resigned to become chief creative officer of Tribeca Enterprises. Mr. Cooper has worked with the Sundance Institute, which oversees the festival, since 1989. In a statement announcing the choice, Robert Redford, the institute's president and founder, called Mr. Cooper "a natural choice." Correction: March 12, 2009 A report in the "Arts, Briefly" column on Wednesday about the appointment of John Cooper as director of the Sundance Film Festival, replacing Geoffrey Gilmore, referred incorrectly to Mr. Gilmore's new job. He is chief creative officer of Tribeca Enterprises, which runs the Tribeca Film Festival, not artistic director of the festival.