We believe in breaking the mould and doing things the Darling way — to start with producer first and then find the best director for the script.
You see Darling loves looking at things differently. That probably explains why you’ll often hear a lot of “what ifs” being exchanged in our conversations.
What we do is take your idea or script, consider all possibilities, think about it all day and often in the middle of the night, think some more, and only then do we pair it with who we think are the perfect directors to bring your idea to life.
And when it comes to selecting them, we take it upon ourselves to leave nothing to chance to work with only those we truly believe will bring the fabulous.
Annalise
Menzel
Founder and EP of Darling
Spend a day with Annalise and you’ll soon discover a world where things just seemingly happen to fall into place.
Calm, calculated and contagiously fun — she’s everything everyone wants on set.
Annalise brings with her a breath of fresh air and somehow always knows how to uncomplicate the complicated.
From her early days at Channel 9 to an eight-year stint as producer at Kojo’s Spirit Films, Annalise went from strength to strength and gained national recognition while freelancing across Australia on numerous campaigns.
Realising there was an opportunity to bring her expertise and industry connections back to Adelaide, she co-founded the successful production company ‘Yah Yah’ back in 2017.
Today, Annalise leads her own independent collective of like-minded ‘darlings’ where she thrives on collaborating with producers, agencies and clients on large scale shoots and television productions nation-wide.
With over 20 years’ experience working on multiple brands for multiple agencies including Shell Global, Cricket Australia, RAA, South Australia Tourism Commission, Great Southern Rail, Health Partners, and Mitsubishi Motors to name but a few, she’s become the go-to trusted producer and creative partner.