Darren grew up on a small family fairground in the Highlands of Scotland. His journey of visual storytelling started as a student of the world-renowned School of Documentary Photography at Newport School of Art in Wales, from which he graduated in 1999. He then worked as a freelance documentary cameraman in London for several years before focusing on directing his own observational documentary films which have screened at some of the most prestigious festivals in the world including Full Frame, IDFA and DocFest. All of his films have either won or been nominated for major awards including Grierson, BAFTA and RTS Scotland. Over the last five years he has been pursuing a long term ambition of combining his unique documentary experience with a passion for scripted drama cinematography.