Ivan Malekin
Known for
Directing
Birthplace
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 f...
Best known work
In Corpore
2020
Choir Girl
2019
How Deep is the Ocean
2023
Friends, Foes & Fireworks
2017
Machination
2022
Mirror of Filth
2014
Cats of Malta
2022
Daughter
2016
Stargaze
2023
Life Improvised: Volume One
2022Filmography
TBA
EternalCo-Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
TBA
SiblingDirector, Writer, Producer, Editor
2026
ForeFansas Hotel Manager, Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematography, Editor, Sound Recordist
2025
After the ActDirector, Writer, Producer, Editor
2024
No Woman Is an IslandProducer, Cinematography, Editor
2023
How Deep is the OceanEditor
2023
StargazeDirector
2022
Cats of MaltaDirector of Photography, Producer, Editor, Camera Operator
2022
Life Improvised: Volume Oneas Concerned Man, Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematography, Editor, Sound Designer, Colorist
2022
MachinationDirector, Writer, Producer, Cinematography, Editor, Sound Recordist, Camera Operator, Director of Photography
2021
2020
In CorporeEditor, Director, Producer, Sound Recordist
2019
Choir GirlProducer
2017
Friends, Foes & FireworksDirector, Producer, Editor, Sound Recordist, Camera Operator
2016
HalfExecutive Producer, Post Coordinator
2016
DaughterProducer, Editor
2016
ZinaDirector, Producer, Editor
2016
MidnightDirector, Producer, Editor
2015
AnniversaryProducer, Editor, Sound Recordist
2014
Mirror of FilthExecutive Producer, Screenplay, Editor, Director, Sound Mixer
2013
El WesternDirector, Writer, Producer
2013
DuskProducer, Editor, Assistant Director, Boom Operator
2012
ReckoningDirector, Producer, Editor
2011
Dace Decklan: Private Eyeas Charlie, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Production Manager