Ian Darling

Ian Darling is an award winning documentary film director and producer based in Sydney, Australia. He is Executive Chair and Founder of Shark Island Institute and Executive Director of it's production arm, Shark Island Productions - a documentary company which creates extensive outreach, education and community engagement campaigns with their films. He is also Chair of GoodPitch2 Australia and The Caledonia Foundation. His documentary credits as a producer, director and executive producer include Suzy & The Simple Man, The Genesis, The White Blindfold, The Oasis – Ten Years Later, Paul Kelly - Stories of Me, The Oasis, Polly and Me, The Soldier, In The Company of Actors, Alone Across Australia, Woodstock for Capitalists, Inventing Tomorrow, Unrest, 2040, The Fourth Estate, Fly, How to Change the World, (opening night film Sundance Film Festival 2015), and the Untitled Hollywood Assault Movie. In May 2017 he was named Australia's Leading Philanthropist Award by Philanthropy Australia.