Mary Darling is the CEO and co-owner of WestWind Pictures, which she joined in 1999.
She helped WestWind evolve from a minor to a major player in Canada's film and television industry.
In particular, she was the executive producer for the Canadian television comedy Little Mosque on the Prairie,[1] which she later shopped to American broadcasters.
[2] Darling was the recipient of the 2007 Women in Film and Television International award for International Achievement - Excellence in Innovation (Television)[3] an award she claims to share with her husband, Clark Donnelly,[4] even though it sits on her desk.
[5] Darling is a practicing Baha'i, and has visited the Shrine of the Báb to volunteer in Haifa.