Like so many great stories, Michelle Satter's Sundance backstory started with a phone call and ended with the boldest of propositions. More than 40 years ago, Satter, a recent college graduate who ...

The Sundance Institute has revealed the fellows for the 2025 directors, screenwriters and Native labs. The Native lab begins ...

However, even with newly minted Oscar nominees Cynthia Erivo and James Mangold in the house to receive the Visionary Award and Trailblazer Award respectively, it was Michelle Satter, the Founding ...

Under the leadership of Michelle Satter, Founding Director of the Institute’s Feature Film Program, and the artistic direction of Gyula Gazdag, the Fellows selected for this year’s program include ...

The Sundance Institute ‘s acclaimed incubator programs, the Directors and Screenwriters labs and the Native Lab, have all ...

The directors and screenwriters labs are overseen by Michelle Satter, Sundance Institute founding senior director of artist programs, and Ilyse McKimmie, Sundance Institute deputy director of the ...