Ian David Darling is an award-winning documentary film director and producer.He is Executive Director of Shark Island Institute and its production arm, Shark Island Productions in Sydney, Australia. – a documentary company which creates extensive outreach, education and community engagement campaigns with their films. His documentary Producer and Director credits include The Final Quarter and Life After The Oasis, Suzy & The Simple Man, Paul Kelly - Stories of Me, The Oasis, Polly and Me, The Soldier, In The Company of Actors, Alone Across Australia, Woodstock for Capitalists. He is an Executive Producer of On The Record, 2040, The Fourth Estate, The Bleeding Edge, Inventing Tomorrow, Unrest, Fly, How to Change the World and Toxic Labour. He was Founder of GoodPitch2 Australia helping to create 19 social impact documentaries and outreach campaigns, including 2040, The Hunting Ground, That Sugar Film, Gayby Baby, Prison Songs, Frackman, Zach's Ceremony, The Opposition, Ghosthunter, Whiteley, and Blue. Ian Darling has been Chair of The Caledonia Foundation since 2001. He was Founder (and former Chair) of Documentary Australia Foundation, and is a Member of the Impact Partners Advisory Board in New York. Ian Darling received the Byron Kennedy Award for innovation and the relentless pursuit of excellence at the 2018 AACTA Awards. In 2018 Shark Island Institute introduced The Labs - supporting five Australian documentary films in development.