Writer, Director, Producer

Nelly Darling

Writer, Director, Producer

Nelly Darling is the writer, director, and producer of the recently completed debut film, A Cloud of Witnesses. She received a degree in Communications in Television and Film and went on to graduate as valedictorian from Hawaii Theological Seminary with a degree in Biblical Studies. She started in cable television as part of a team taking her turn at writing, directing, producing, and on camera talent for a community highlights program. She has since taught high school Biblical Studies, Drama and Film Appreciation courses as well as having written for the stage. She had what she calls, “A great opportunity,” to be part of a team that smuggled Bibles into Romania, when it was still a communist country. She was a member of Wycliffe Bible Translators and was a part of teams in both Hawaii and France helping ministers to work across denominational lines. She occasionally teaches at Mountain City Church of God in Tennessee. Her love of the Lord and the desire to include Biblical details about the effects that the life of Jesus had on those around Him, in a movie format, is what inspired her to write A Cloud of Witnesses. The idea for the script to be told from the point of view of eyewitnesses came from a friend during the COVID pandemic. This prompted her to direct professional actors remotely, and to have them record and submit their parts via the internet from all over the United States.