Ivan Malekin
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.
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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
In CorporeDirector
Friends, Foes & FireworksDirector
MachinationDirector, Writer
Mirror of FilthScreenplay, Director
StargazeDirector
Life Improvised: Volume OneConcerned Man, Writer, Director
ForeFansHotel Manager, Director, Writer
Dace Decklan: Private EyeCharlie, Director, Writer
After the ActDirector, Writer
El WesternDirector, Writer
ReckoningDirector
ZinaDirector
Filmography
- TBAEternalFilm: Writer
- TBASiblingFilm: Director, Writer
- 2026ForeFansFilm: Hotel Manager, Director, Writer
- 2025After the ActFilm: Director, Writer
- 2023StargazeFilm: Director
- 2022Life Improvised: Volume OneFilm: Concerned Man, Writer, Director
- 2022MachinationFilm: Director, Writer
- 2020In CorporeFilm: Director
- 2017Friends, Foes & FireworksFilm: Director
- 2016ZinaFilm: Director
- 2016MidnightFilm: Director
- 2014Mirror of FilthFilm: Screenplay, Director
- 2013El WesternFilm: Director, Writer
- 2012ReckoningFilm: Director
- 2011Dace Decklan: Private EyeFilm: Charlie, Director, Writer
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