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Ivan Malekin

Directing

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.

Filmography9 titles

How Deep is the Ocean

2023Editor

In Corpore

2020Director, Editor, Producer, Sound Recordist

Choir Girl

2019Producer

Machination

2022Camera Operator, Cinematography, Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Sound Recordist, Writer

Friends, Foes & Fireworks

2018Camera Operator, Director, Editor, Producer, Sound Recordist

No Woman Is an Island

2024Cinematography, Editor, Producer

Cats of Malta

2023Camera Operator, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer

Micro-Budget Marauders: Micro-Budget Mentality

2021as Himself

Dace Decklan: Private Eye

2011as Charlie