Ian received the Byron Kennedy Award for innovation and the relentless pursuit of excellence at the 2018 AACTA Awards. Ian received the AFI/AACTA Award for Best Direction in a Documentary, has twice been a Walkley Awards Finalist, a winner of two Film Critics Award, and nominated for numerous Australian Directors Guild, Producers Guild, and AFI/AACTA awards. His Director and Producer credits include The Pool, The Final Quarter, Paul Kelly: Stories of Me, The Oasis, Suzy & the Simple Man, In the Company of Actors, Alone Across Australia, Woodstock for Capitalists and Polly & Me. He was also a Producer for The Department and Life After The Oasis and an Executive Producer of Fly, Paper & Glue, Allen V. Farrow, On the Record, The Fourth Estate, The Bleeding Edge, Unrest, Inventing Tomorrow, How to Change the World, 2040 and Wash My Soul in the River’s Flow.
Ian Darling is currently directing and producing the feature documentary The Valley (in production).
Ian Darling was Founder and is current Patron of Documentary Australia, and Founder of Good Pitch Australia. He is a Member of the Impact Partners Advisory Board in New York, was a former Chair of Sydney Theatre Company and STC Foundation, and a Director of National Institute of Dramatic Art.
Company Bio
Shark Island Institute is an independent documentary film production company and a philanthropic foundation dedicated to funding and supporting documentary film making in Australia.