Ian David Darling is a

documentary film A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

director and producer. He is the executive director of Shark Island Institute and its production arm, Shark Island Productions in

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, Australia. His documentary producer and director credits include ''The Pool'', ''The Twins'', ''The Department'', '' The Final Quarter'', '' Paul Kelly - Stories of Me'', '' The Oasis'', ''Suzy & The Simple Man'', '' Life After The Oasis'', ''Polly and Me'', ''The Soldier'', '' In The Company of Actors'', and '' Alone Across Australia''. He is an executive producer of ''Wash My Soul in the River's Flow'', ''Paper and Glue'', '' On the Record'', ''Woodstock for Capitalists'', ''

2040 In contemporary history, the third millennium is the current millennium in the ''Anno Domini'' or Common Era, under the Gregorian calendar. It began on 1 January 2001 ( MMI) and will end on 31 December 3000 ( MMM), spanning the 21st to 30th ...

'', '' The Fourth Estate'', ''

The Bleeding Edge ''The Bleeding Edge'' is a 2018 Netflix original documentary film that investigates the $400 billion medical device industry. Written and directed by Kirby Dick and produced by Amy Ziering and Amy Herdy, it premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film ...

'', ''

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'', ''Inventing Tomorrow'' and ''How to Change the World''. He was founder of GoodPitch² Australia which funded 19 films, including ''

'', ''

The Hunting Ground ''The Hunting Ground'' is a 2015 American documentary film about the incidence of sexual assault on college campuses in the United States and the reported failure of college administrations to deal with it adequately. Written and directed by Ki ...

'', ''That Sugar Film'', ''Gayby Baby'', ''Prison Songs'', ''Frackman'', '' Zach's Ceremony'', ''The Opposition'', ''Ghosthunter'', ''Whiteley'', ''Blue'', ''The Leadership'', and ''In My Blood It Runs''. Darling has been chair of The Caledonia Foundation since 2001, and was co-founder and managing director of the Caledonia Investments group from 1992 to 2004. He is a member of the Impact Partners Advisory Board in New York, founder and patron (and former chair) of Documentary Australia, and Patron of the ArtsLab, Kangaroo Valley. He was chair of the

Sydney Theatre Company Sydney Theatre Company (STC) is an Australian theatre company based in Sydney, New South Wales. The company performs in the Wharf Theatre at Dawes Point in The Rocks area of Sydney as well as the Roslyn Packer Theatre (formerly Sydney Theatre ...

and the STC Foundation, from 2006 to 2010. He has been a director of the

National Institute of Dramatic Art The National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) is an Australian educational institution for the performing arts based in Sydney, New South Wales. Founded in 1958, it offers bachelor's, master's and vocational degrees in subjects including acting ...

(NIDA), chair of The Oasis Youth Support Network, and member of The Salvation Army Advisory Board. Darling received the

Byron Kennedy Award The Byron Kennedy Award is an annual film and television award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) to Australian filmmakers. History The award was named after Byron Kennedy (18 August 1949 – 17 July 1983 ...

for innovation and the relentless pursuit of excellence at the 2018 AACTA Awards. Darling's photographs have been finalists in the

Doug Moran National Portrait Prize The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize is an annual Australian portrait prize founded by Doug Moran in 1988, the year of Australian Bicentenary, Australia's Bicentenary. It is the richest portrait prize in the world with A$150,000 awarded to th ...

, the

National Photographic Portrait Prize The National Photographic Portrait Prize is an annual portraiture competition held at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra, Australia. The major sponsor of the prize in 2022 is the gallery itself, which awards to the winner, while Canon pr ...

, the Sydney Life Photography Prize and his portrait of Jon Muir was hung in "The Look" in 2019 and is now part of the permanent collection at the

National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery may refer to: * National Portrait Gallery (Australia), in Canberra * National Portrait Gallery (Sweden), in Mariefred *National Portrait Gallery (United States), in Washington, D.C. *National Portrait Gallery, London ...

Canberra Canberra ( ; ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the Federation of Australia, federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's list of cities in Australia, largest in ...

. In 2021 Darling co-wrote and acted in ''The Twins'' with comedian

Greg Fleet Gregory Fleet (born 1962) is an Australian comedian and actor. Early life Fleet was born in Michigan, in the United States. His father moved the family to Australia when Greg was four. He grew up in Geelong, and as a teenager boarded at Geelong ...

. The play opened at the 2021

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and won the Mental Health Awareness Award. It went on to tour to Sydney,

Kangaroo Valley Kangaroo Valley is a river valley along the Kangaroo River (Shoalhaven), Kangaroo River in the Shoalhaven region of New South Wales, Australia, located west of the seaside in the City of Shoalhaven. It is also the name of the small suburb withi ...

, Canberra and Melbourne.

Biography

Darling's first documentary in 2001 ''Woodstock for Capitalists'' was a film featuring investors and philanthropists

Warren Buffett Warren Edward Buffett ( ; born August 30, 1930) is an American investor and philanthropist who currently serves as the chairman and CEO of the conglomerate holding company Berkshire Hathaway. As a result of his investment success, Buffett is ...

and Charlie Munger and won the CINE Golden Eagle Award. His next film in 2004 '' Alone Across Australia'' about extreme adventurer Jon Muir was voted one of the "20 best adventure films of all time" by ''Men's Journal Magazine'' and won over 32 international awards. '' In The Company of Actors'' was a 2007 film that followed the journey of the

cast of

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from rehearsal room in Sydney through to opening night in New York. The cast featured

Cate Blanchett Catherine Élise Blanchett ( ; born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actor and producer. Regarded as one of the best performers of her generation, she is recognised for Cate Blanchett on screen and stage, her versatile work across stage and scre ...

Hugo Weaving Hugo Wallace Weaving (born 4 April 1960) is a British actor. He is the recipient of six Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA) and has been recognised as an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia. Born in Colonia ...

and

Robyn Nevin Robyn Anne Nevin (25 September 1942) is an Australian actress recognised with the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards and the JC Williamson Award at the Helpmann Awards for her outstanding contributions to Australian theatre performance art. F ...

. '' The Oasis'' was a multi-award-winning documentary that was filmed over two years about Australia's homeless youth. The film had a social and education outreach campaign which led to the most significant national inquiry into youth homelessness in 20 years. ''The Oasis'' was named one of "Australia's Top 50 Philanthropic Gifts of All Time". ''The Oasis'' became the inspiration to Darling filming two docu-dramas ''Polly and Me'' (a tale of child abuse and neglect, seen through the eyes of an 8-year-old girl), and ''Wall Boy'' (about a runaway forced into teenage prostitution and the courageous outreach worker who attempts to rescue him). ''The Soldier'' was a documentary on Ken Depena, a devotee of the Salvation Army since 1949 who featured in ''The Oasis'', the film garnered a 'Special Mention' at the

Antenna Documentary Film Festival Antenna Documentary Film Festival was established in 2011. It is an international documentary film festival held annually every October in Sydney, Australia. The festival was set up to promote documentary as an art form, with programming focusing ...

. '' Paul Kelly - Stories of Me'' based on prominent Australian singer songwriter Paul Kelly opened at the

Melbourne International Film Festival The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) is an annual film festival held over three weeks in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was founded in 1952 and is one of the oldest film festivals in the world following the founding of the Venic ...

in 2012 and won the

Film Critics Circle of Australia The Film Critics Circle of Australia (FCCA) is an association of cinema critics and reviewers. It includes journalists in "media, television, major national and state papers, radio, national and state, online and freelance writers, Australian ...

Best Documentary Award. ''Stories From the Inside'' looked into a group of young first time offenders in Port Philip Prison. ''Suzy & The Simple Man'' an environmental love story featuring Suzy and Jon Muir, discusses sustainability and survival in a remote country community. The film premiered in 2016 at the

Sydney Film Festival The Sydney Film Festival is an annual competitive film festival held in Sydney, Australia, usually over 12 days in June. A number of awards are given, the top one being the Sydney Film Prize. , the festival's director is Nashen Moodley. Histo ...

and had sold out screenings at

. '' Life After The Oasis'' re-connected with original participants from ''The Oasis'' ten years later, premiering in the Sydney Film Festival in 2019. '' The Final Quarter'' (2019) re-examines the final three years of Sydney Swans footballer

Adam Goodes Adam Roy Goodes (born 8 January 1980) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). Goodes holds an elite place in VFL/AFL history as a dual Brownlow Medallist, d ...

’ playing career. Made entirely from archival footage, photos and interviews sourced from television, radio and newspapers, the film reviews the national conversation that took place over this period. Darling directed the music clip video for the end credit song by Paul Kelly "Every Day My Mother's Voice" released for

Mother's Day Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family or individual, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on different days in many parts of the world, most commonly in Mar ...

2019.
The Pool
' (2024) was filmed at

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, Bondi, Australia an
premiered
at

before screening at the

Adelaide Film Festival The Adelaide Film Festival (AFF, formerly ADLFF) is a film festival usually held for two weeks in mid-October in movie theater, cinemas in Adelaide, South Australia. Originally presented wikt:Special:Search/biennial, biennially in March from 2 ...

, CinefestOz,

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with an International premiere at DocEdge. Darling shared some of his personal story in the 2021 play "The Twins" co-written by school friend

and Sarah Butler, Darling and Fleet played themselves on stage. The play toured to the

(one of only a handful of performances originating outside of South Australia during the pandemic) and then Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne. Darling is the founder and patron of Documentary Australia, a not for profit organisation which encourages collaboration between philanthropic grant makers, charities and documentary filmmakers and winner of the ''Stanley Hawes Award'' in 2013. He was chair of the Documentary Australia Foundation from 2006 to 2011. Darling is chair of Good Pitch² Australia, a not-for-profit event hosted in Australia by Shark Island Institute and Documentary Australia. The three Good Pitch events raised more than $15 million in philanthropic grants for the funding of 19 social impact documentaries and their impact campaigns. Darling was chair of The Caledonia Foundation from 2001 to 2022, a private foundation focusing on the education, training and welfare of disadvantaged young Australians. He was the founder and managing director of the Caledonia Investments group from 1992 to 2003. He is supporter of the Arts, he is patron of the Kangaroo Valley Upper River Hall ArtsLab, and a member of Impact Partners New York. He has been an Ambassador of

and a Patron of Human Rights Arts Film Festival (HRAFF), he was also a Foundation Donor for the Marriage Equality Campaign. Darling was chair of the

(STC) and STC Foundation from 2006 to 2010. He appointed

and

Andrew Upton Andrew Upton is an Australian playwright, screenwriter, producer and director. He has adapted the works of Gorky, Chekhov, Ibsen, and others for London's Royal National Theatre and the Sydney Theatre Company. He wrote the original play ''Rifle ...

as Co-Artistic Directors in 2008 and after leaving STC as chairman, his position was replaced by

David Gonski David Michael Gonski (born 1953) is an Australian public figure, corporate lawyer, and businessman. He is best known for his recommendations on funding education in Australia, schools in Australia, in a document known as the Gonski Report (or ...

. He has been a member of the advisory board of

The Salvation Army The Salvation Army (TSA) is a Protestantism, Protestant Christian church and an international charitable organisation headquartered in London, England. It is aligned with the Wesleyan-Holiness movement. The organisation reports a worldwide m ...

and Chair of The Oasis Youth Support Network, and a Director of the

(NIDA). Darling was recipient of the 2007 Creative Partnerships Australia (formerly Australia Business Arts Foundation) Business Leadership Award, and recipient of Australia's Leading Philanthropist Award from Philanthropy Australia in 2017. In 2018 Ian Darling was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for "distinguished service to documentary film production, to the performing arts, education and community engagement, and to social welfare organisations through philanthropic endeavours". Also in 2018, Darling was the recipient of the

for brave, innovative and wide-ranging pursuit of excellence, presented by the

Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) is a professional organisation of film and television practitioners in Australia. The academy's aim is "to identify, award, promote, and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements i ...

(AACTA). He was named Australian National University's 2020 Alumnus of the Year. Darling holds an MBA from the

International Institute for Management Development International Institute for Management Development (IMD) is an independent academic institute with campuses in Lausanne, Switzerland and Singapore. IMD is known for its executive education and its proximity to business. In 2024, it named David B ...

(IMD) in Switzerland, a BA from the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public university, public research university and member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton, A ...

and has studied at the

New York Film Academy New York Film Academy – School of Film and Acting (NYFA) is a Private college, private For-profit higher education in the United States, for-profit film school and Drama school, acting school based in New York City, Los Angeles metropolitan ar ...

Filmography

*2001 ''Woodstock for Capitalists'' Director, Producer *2004 '' Alone Across Australia'' Director, Producer *2007 '' In The Company of Actors'' Director, Producer *2008 '' The Oasis'' Director, Producer *2009 ''Wallboy'' Producer *2009 ''Polly and Me'' Director, Producer *2011 ''The Soldier'' Director, Producer *2012 '' Paul Kelly - Stories of Me'' Director, Producer *2013 ''Stories From the Inside'' Producer *2015 ''How to Change the World'' Executive Producer *2015 '' Last Cab to Darwin'' Executive Producer *2015 ''

'' Executive Producer produced in association with Shark Island Institute *2016 ''Suzy & The Simple Man'' Director, Producer *2017 ''

'' Executive Producer *2018 '' The Fourth Estate'' Executive Producer produced in association with Shark Island Productions *2018 ''Inventing Tomorrow'' Executive Producer produced in association with Shark Island Productions *2019 '' Life After The Oasis'' Producer (premiering

in June 2019 *2019 ''

'' Executive Producer produced in association with Shark Island Productions *2019 ''

'' Executive Producer produced in association with Shark Island Productions *2019 '' The Final Quarter'' Director, Producer (premiering

in June 2019) *2020 '' On the Record'' Executive Producer produced in association with Shark Island Institute *2020 ''The Department '' Producer *2021 ''Paper & Glue'' Executive Producer produced in association with Shark Island Institute *2021 '' Allen v. Farrow'' Executive Producer *2022 "The Twins" Director *2024 "The Pool" Director, Producer

Awards

*2001 CINE Golden Eagle Film and Video Competition (winner) CINE: ''Woodstock for Capitalists'' *2004 Crystal Heart Award (winner)

Heartland Film Festival The Heartland International Film Festival (HIFF) is a high academy qualifying film festival held each October in Indianapolis, Indiana, hosted by the nonprofit organization Heartland Film, Inc. The festival was first held in 1992, with the goal to ...

: ''Alone Across Australia'' *2005 Telecast-Professional Non-Fiction Division: People and Places (winner) CINE: ''Alone Across Australia'' *2008 Best Documentary (Nominee)

Inside Film Awards The IF Awards, formerly known as the Inside Film Awards, Lexus Inside Film Awards, Kodak IF Awards, and Jameson IF Awards, was an annual awards ceremony and broadcast platform for the Australian film industry. Its name derives from its origins at ...

: ''The Oasis'' *2008 Best Direction in a Documentary, (winner)

Australian Film Institute Awards The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, known as the AACTA Awards, are presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). The awards recognise excellence in the film and television industr ...

: '' The Oasis'' *2008 Best Documentary (Nominee)

: ''The Oasis'' *2008 Best Multimodal Production (winner)

ATOM Awards The ATOM Awards are a group of awards offered to Australian and New Zealand "professionals, educators and students", honoring achievements in the making of film, television, multimedia, and from 2007 multi-modal productions. The Awards were esta ...

: ''The Oasis'' *2008 Best Tertiary Education Resource (winner)

: ''The Oasis'' *2008 Best Education Multimodal Production (Nominee)

: ''The Oasis'' *2008 Best Documentary Social and Political Issues (Nominee)

: ''The Oasis'' *2008 Best Documentary Human Story (Nominee)

: ''The Oasis'' *2008 Best Documentary General (Nominee)

: ''The Oasis'' *2008 Best Documentary Film (Nominee)

Santa Barbara International Film Festival The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) is an eleven-day film festival held in Santa Barbara, California in February annually, since 1986. The festival screens over 200 feature films and shorts from different countries and regions. ...

: ''In The Company of Actors'' *2008 Best Direction (Nominee),

Australian Directors' Guild The Australian Directors' Guild (ADG) is an industry guild representing the interests of film, television, commercials and digital media directors, including documentary makers and animators, throughout Australia. With its headquarters in Sydney ...

: '' The Oasis'' *2009 Best Documentary Film (Nominee)

: ''The Oasis'' *2009 Most Outstanding Documentary (Nominee)

Logie Awards The TV Week Logie Awards (known colloquially as The Logies) is an annual ceremony celebrating and honouring the best shows and stars in Australian television, sponsored and organised by the magazine ''TV Week''. The event is telecast live and ...

: ''The Oasis'' *2012 Best Documentary (winner)

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards The Film Critics Circle of Australia (FCCA) is an association of film criticism, cinema critics and film review, reviewers. It includes journalists in "media, television, major national and state papers, radio, national and state, online and fr ...

: ''Paul Kelly - Stories of Me'' *2013 Best Documentary (winner)

: ''Paul Kelly - Stories of Me'' *2013 Best Direction in a Documentary Feature (Nominee)

: ''Paul Kelly - Stories of Me'' *2013 Best Short Film (winner)

Rencontres Internationales du Cinéma des Antipodes The Antipodean Film Festival (), variously referred to as Festival des Antipodes, Antipodes International Film Festival, Antipodes Film Festival Saint Tropez, Saint Tropez Film Festival and other variations, is a film festival showcasing New Ze ...

: ''Polly and Me'' *2018

(AACTA) *2019 Best Reporting of an Issue in Sport (winner) Sport Australia Media Awards: '' The Final Quarter'' *2019 Best Documentary (Nominee)

(AACTA) Awards: ''The Final Quarter'' *2019 Best Documentary, Australia & New Zealand (winner) Asian Academy Creative Awards: ''The Final Quarter'' *2019 Best Documentary, Regional Grand Final (winner) Asian Academy Creative Awards: ''The Final Quarter'' *2019 Best Documentary (Nominee)

: ''The Final Quarter'' *2019 Feature Documentary of the Year (finalist)

Screen Producers Australia Awards Screen Producers Australia (SPA), formerly the Screen Producers' Association of Australia (SPAA) and earlier names, is a national organisation representing film production businesses, emerging producers, service providers and screen industry supp ...

*2019 For Excellence in Journalism (finalist)

Walkley Awards The annual Walkley Awards are presented in Australia to recognise and reward excellence in journalism. They cover all media including print, television, documentary, radio, photographic and online media. The Gold Walkley is the highest prize and ...

*2019 Racism It Stops With Me (winner)

Australian Human Rights Commission The Australian Human Rights Commission is the national human rights institution of the Commonwealth of Australia, established in 1986 as the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) and renamed in 2008. It is a statutory body fu ...

: ''The Final Quarter'' *2019 Best Sound in a Documentary (Nominee)

Australian Screen Sound Guild The Australian Screen Sound Guild is a professional association for people working in audio engineering and post-production in film, television, multimedia, and related industries across Australia. It recognises excellence in the industries by a ...

*2019 Audience Award (Runner Up)

*2020 Best Feature Documentary (winner)

: ''The Final Quarter'' *2020 Best Documentary History (winner)

: ''The Final Quarter'' *2020 Best Documentary Social & Political Issues (winner)

: ''The Final Quarter'' *2020 Best Educational/Training Video or Website (Primary/Secondary) (winner)

: ''The Final Quarter'' *2020 Best Documentary General (winner)

: ''The Final Quarter''

Good Pitch Australia

Shark Island Institute and Documentary Australia Foundation host Good Pitch² Australia, and brought the first of these events to

in October 2014. The 2015 event was held in September and the last in a trilogy of events was held at the

Sydney Opera House The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue Performing arts center, performing arts centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Located on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, it is widely regarded as one of the world's most famous and distinctive b ...

in November 2016. The community partners for the event are Philanthropy Australia and Pro Bono Australia. Since 2014, more than $14 million has been raised in philanthropic grants for the funding of 19 social impact documentaries and their impact campaigns, forging priceless pro bono support and 300+ powerful strategic partnerships between community groups, the corporate sector, NGOs and policy makers. Supported documentaries include: '' That Sugar Film'', ''

Frackman ''Frackman'' is a 2015 Australian documentary film about the former construction worker turned anti-fracking movement, anti-fracking activist Dayne Pratzky as he responds to the expansion of the coal seam gas industry near Tara, Queensland. The ...

'', '' Gayby Baby'', '' Zach's Ceremony'', ''Call Me Dad'', ''Constance On The Edge'', ''Blue'', ''Happy Sad Man'', ''

'', ''Prison Songs'', ''The Opposition'', ''On Richard's Side'', ''Whiteley'' (about Australian artist

Brett Whiteley Brett Whiteley Order of Australia, AO (7 April 1939 – 15 June 1992) was an Australian artist. He is represented in the collections of all the large Australian galleries, and was twice winner of the Archibald Prize, Archibald, Wynne Prize, ...

), ''Guilty'', ''2040'', ''Ghosthunter'', '' Dying to Live'', ''In My Blood It Runs'', ''The Leadership''. Good Pitch is a BRITDOC project in partnership with

Ford Foundation The Ford Foundation is an American private foundation with the stated goal of advancing human welfare. Created in 1936 by Edsel Ford and his father Henry Ford, it was originally funded by a $25,000 (about $550,000 in 2023) gift from Edsel Ford. ...

and the

Sundance Institute Sundance Institute is a non-profit organization founded by actor Robert Redford committed to the growth of independent artists. The institute is driven by its programs that discover and support independent filmmakers, theatre artists and compo ...

Documentary Film Program.

Honours

*2007 Recipient of the Creative Partnerships Australia (Formerly AbaF) Business Arts Leadership Award. *2008 one of the AFR Magazine Influential Australians. *2017 Recipient of Australia's Leading Philanthropist Award from Philanthropy Australia. *2018 Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for "distinguished service to documentary film production, to the performing arts, education and community engagement, and to social welfare organisations through philanthropic endeavours". *2018 Recipient of the AACTA Byron Kennedy Award for brave, innovative and wide-ranging pursuit of excellence. *2020 Australian National University Alumnus of the Year

References

External links

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Shark Island Productions

Good Pitch2 Australia

The Project

Ian Darling and Jon Muir National Portrait Gallery
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