Directing
Ivan Malekin
Melbourne, Australia
Department: 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.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Ivan Malekin
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El Western
2013
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Zina
2016
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Reckoning
2012
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Choir Girl
2019
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Friends, Foes & Fireworks
2017
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In Corpore
2020
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Mirror of Filth
2014
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Dace Decklan: Private Eye
2011
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How Deep is the Ocean
2023
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After the Act
2025
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (90 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ForeFans | Hotel Manager | Movie | 2026 |
| ForeFans | Director | Movie | 2026 |
| ForeFans | Writer | Movie | 2026 |
| ForeFans | Producer | Movie | 2026 |
| ForeFans | Cinematography | Movie | 2026 |
| ForeFans | Editor | Movie | 2026 |
| ForeFans | Sound Recordist | Movie | 2026 |
 | After the Act | Director | Movie | 2025 |
| After the Act | Writer | Movie | 2025 |
| After the Act | Producer | Movie | 2025 |
| After the Act | Editor | Movie | 2025 |
 | No Woman Is an Island | Producer | Movie | 2024 |
| No Woman Is an Island | Cinematography | Movie | 2024 |
| No Woman Is an Island | Editor | Movie | 2024 |
 | How Deep is the Ocean | Editor | Movie | 2023 |
 | Stargaze | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2023 |
| Stargaze | Director | Movie | 2023 |
 | Cats of Malta | Director of Photography | Movie | 2022 |
| Cats of Malta | Producer | Movie | 2022 |
| Cats of Malta | Editor | Movie | 2022 |
| Cats of Malta | Camera Operator | Movie | 2022 |
 | Life Improvised: Volume One | Concerned Man | Movie | 2022 |
| Life Improvised: Volume One | Director | Movie | 2022 |
| Life Improvised: Volume One | Writer | Movie | 2022 |
| Life Improvised: Volume One | Producer | Movie | 2022 |
| Life Improvised: Volume One | Cinematography | Movie | 2022 |
| Life Improvised: Volume One | Editor | Movie | 2022 |
| Life Improvised: Volume One | Sound Designer | Movie | 2022 |
| Life Improvised: Volume One | Colorist | Movie | 2022 |
 | Machination | Director | Movie | 2022 |
| Machination | Writer | Movie | 2022 |
| Machination | Producer | Movie | 2022 |
| Machination | Cinematography | Movie | 2022 |
| Machination | Editor | Movie | 2022 |
| Machination | Sound Recordist | Movie | 2022 |
| Machination | Camera Operator | Movie | 2022 |
| Machination | Director of Photography | Movie | 2022 |
| Micro-Budget Marauders: Micro-Budget Mentality | Himself | Movie | 2021 | |
 | In Corpore | Editor | Movie | 2020 |
| In Corpore | Director | Movie | 2020 |
| In Corpore | Producer | Movie | 2020 |
| In Corpore | Sound Recordist | Movie | 2020 |
 | Choir Girl | Producer | Movie | 2019 |
 | Friends, Foes & Fireworks | Director | Movie | 2017 |
| Friends, Foes & Fireworks | Producer | Movie | 2017 |
| Friends, Foes & Fireworks | Editor | Movie | 2017 |
| Friends, Foes & Fireworks | Sound Recordist | Movie | 2017 |
| Friends, Foes & Fireworks | Camera Operator | Movie | 2017 |
 | Half | Executive Producer | Movie | 2016 |
| Half | Post Coordinator | Movie | 2016 |
 | Daughter | Producer | Movie | 2016 |
| Daughter | Editor | Movie | 2016 |
 | Zina | Director | Movie | 2016 |
| Zina | Producer | Movie | 2016 |
| Zina | Editor | Movie | 2016 |
| Midnight | Director | Movie | 2016 | |
| Midnight | Producer | Movie | 2016 | |
| Midnight | Editor | Movie | 2016 | |
| Anniversary | Producer | Movie | 2015 | |
| Anniversary | Editor | Movie | 2015 | |
| Anniversary | Sound Recordist | Movie | 2015 | |
 | Mirror of Filth | Executive Producer | Movie | 2014 |
| Mirror of Filth | Screenplay | Movie | 2014 |
| Mirror of Filth | Editor | Movie | 2014 |
| Mirror of Filth | Director | Movie | 2014 |
| Mirror of Filth | Sound Mixer | Movie | 2014 |
 | El Western | Director | Movie | 2013 |
| El Western | Writer | Movie | 2013 |
| El Western | Producer | Movie | 2013 |
| Dusk | Producer | Movie | 2013 | |
| Dusk | Editor | Movie | 2013 | |
| Dusk | Assistant Director | Movie | 2013 | |
| Dusk | Boom Operator | Movie | 2013 | |
 | Reckoning | Director | Movie | 2012 |
| Reckoning | Producer | Movie | 2012 |
| Reckoning | Editor | Movie | 2012 |
 | Dace Decklan: Private Eye | Charlie | Movie | 2011 |
| Dace Decklan: Private Eye | Director | Movie | 2011 |
| Dace Decklan: Private Eye | Writer | Movie | 2011 |
| Dace Decklan: Private Eye | Producer | Movie | 2011 |
| Dace Decklan: Private Eye | Editor | Movie | 2011 |
| Dace Decklan: Private Eye | Production Manager | Movie | 2011 |
| Eternal | Co-Director | Movie | — | |
| Eternal | Writer | Movie | — | |
| Eternal | Producer | Movie | — | |
| Eternal | Editor | Movie | — | |
| Sibling | Director | Movie | — | |
| Sibling | Writer | Movie | — | |
| Sibling | Producer | Movie | — | |
| Sibling | Editor | Movie | — |