Groth is departing the Sundance Institute for a job with 30West, a fledgling media investment firm, the company announced Monday, a day after the 2018 Sundance Film Festival ended.
Groth, a Salt Lake City native and University of Utah graduate, has risen through the ranks at Sundance over the last 25 years, from volunteer at the Sundance labs to short-film programmer to senior programmer. He was named the festival’s director of programming in 2009, when his predecessor John Cooper was promoted to festival director.
“Every new idea or program that was developed since I became director has been created shoulder to shoulder with Trevor,” Cooper said in a memo sent to Sundance staff Monday.