Person
Ivan Malekin
Directing · Melbourne, Australia
Biography
Ivan Malekin is a prolific producer, director and editor. Founder of Nexus Production Group, he has been making films since 2007, his work spanning from Australia to Europe to America. Select works include improvised feature films like "Friends, Foes & Fireworks" (2018), "In Corpore" (2020), and "Machination" (2022), and the PBS documentary “Cats of Malta” (2023). Since embracing improvisational cinema in 2018, Ivan has also become an educator in the craft, offering courses online, in person, and through his YouTube channel, Micro Budget Madness. He published his debut book "Improv for Indie Filmmakers" in 2021. Currently Ivan lives in Croatia and continues to produce original improvised films through Nexus Production Group.
Known for
El Western
Director
Dusk
Producer
ForeFans
Hotel Manager
Mirror of Filth
Director
Zina
Director
Friends, Foes & Fireworks
Director
Anniversary
Producer
Reckoning
Director
Midnight
Director
Cats of Malta
Producer
Filmography
- 2026ForeFansHotel Manager
- 2025After the ActDirector
- 2024No Woman Is an IslandProducer
- 2023How Deep is the OceanEditor
- 2023Stargaze
- 2022Cats of MaltaProducer
- 2022Life Improvised: Volume OneConcerned Man
- 2022MachinationDirector
- 2021Micro-Budget Marauders: Micro-Budget MentalityHimself
- 2020In CorporeDirector
- 2019Choir GirlProducer
- 2017Friends, Foes & FireworksDirector
- 2016HalfExecutive Producer
- 2016DaughterProducer
- 2016ZinaDirector
- 2016MidnightDirector
- 2015AnniversaryProducer
- 2014Mirror of FilthDirector
- 2013El WesternDirector
- 2013DuskProducer
- 2012ReckoningDirector
- 2011Dace Decklan: Private EyeCharlie
- —EternalCo-Director
- —SiblingDirector
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