Ian Darling received the Byron Kennedy Award at the 2018 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, and Woodstock for Capitalists. He is currently directing the feature documentary The Valley. Ian was Founder of Documentary Australia Foundation and Good Pitch Australia. He is a Member of the Impact Partners Advisory Board in New York. He received the AFI/AACTA Award for Best Direction in a Documentary, and has twice been a Walkley Awards Finalist.
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.