Amazon Queen

Marlin Darrah is probably the world’s most traveled filmmaker.

Marlin’s 45 years of award-winning production experience have taken him to more than 140 countries worldwide, yielding more than 100 documentary, travel-adventure programs and dramatic movies.

In September of 2014, Darrah was honored with a Knighthood in the Royal House of Portugal, by His Royal Highness Dom Duarte Pio, for his work in Portugal and for his many international cultural and documentary productions.

Darrah’s international shots have been aired on programs appearing on all the major television networks, including PBS, History Channel and Discovery Channel. His geo-travel lectures and features have been presented to audiences in more than 100 theaters and auditoriums across America, including venues such as the Harvard Club and the Philadelphia Geographical Society.

Recently a two-hour documentary Marlin shot and directed in Egypt was screened at the Cairo Opera House to an audience of 3000 guests.

National Geographic represents and markets thousands of Darrah’s best international shots.

Darrah also wrote, directed and produced an acclaimed 90-minute dramatic feature film, “Monsoon Wife,” in Cambodia – the first American movie shot entirely in that SE Asian country since “Lord Jim.” Universal Studios acquired Marlin’s movie and television rights have been sold to more than 10 countries. Darrah has just completed a new drama-suspense movie, AMAZON QUEEN, in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. His various movies and documentaries have garnered $5 million + in sales worldwide

Darrah’s productions have screened and won top awards at more than 20 national and international film festivals from Rome to New York and Los Angeles.

As presented by his fellow travel producers and peers, Darrah recently received the Travel Adventure Cinema magazine’s Bertrand Holmes Award for best travel film showcase.

A producer at National Geographic recently said this about Marlin. “If I could trade eyeballs with anyone in the world, it would be Marlin. He has seen more of our world than anyone I have ever met, and that includes hard-core travelers at National Geographic, who are a dime a dozen. He lives the life I can only dream of.”

Marlin's wife Lin Zuo is from Beijing, and his artist daughter Maya is of European and Japanese descent.