New Docuseries from Sundance Institute Coming to Hulu with Ryan Coogler and Team
EXCLUSIVE: As the Sundance Film Festival prepares for its final event in Park City, a new docuseries will shed light on the enduring legacy of its Institute.
Hulu has announced a three-part series produced by Searchlight Television, which will explore the history of the Sundance Institute. The Institute has a storied reputation, with notable figures like Quentin Tarantino, Chloé Zhao, Ryan Coogler, Paul Thomas Anderson, Ava DuVernay, Alfonso Cuarón, and Darren Aronofsky having attended.
The untitled documentary features a diverse lineup of filmmakers, including Coogler, A Star Is Born producer Lynette Howell Taylor, who serves as President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and Icarus producer Mark Monroe as executive producers.
Braden King, whose film Here was developed at the 2007 Sundance Institute Screenwriters and Directors Labs before being showcased at the 2011 festival, will direct the upcoming series.
The series aims to “chronicle the legacy of the Sundance Institute, tracing the story of the creative incubator that shaped many of the most influential filmmakers of our time.” It will utilize decades of previously unseen archival footage to examine the cultural significance of the Institute, which was founded by Robert Redford in 1981. The series will highlight how filmmakers like Coogler, Anderson, Zhao, and Tarantino gained their creative independence through the organization.
Executive producers include Howell Taylor for 51 Entertainment, King for Truckstop Media, Coogler, Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, and Kelli Buchanan for Proximity Media, as well as Carly Hugo and Matthew Parker for Loveless. Monroe also serves as a writer, with Sundance’s Michelle Satter, Amy Redford, and John Cooper acting as consulting producers.
Searchlight Television is the television division of Searchlight Pictures, known for hit series like The Dropout and the upcoming thriller series Furious from Elizabeth Meriwether.
King is represented by Granderson Des Rochers and Washington Square Films.
