Director
Ivan Malekin
Melbourne, Australia
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.
Often works with
- C
Clara Francesca Pagone
3 titles together
In Corpore, Zina, Reckoning
- F
Frank Fazio
3 titles together
In Corpore, Life Improvised: Volume One, Zina
Lara Deam
2 titles together
Friends, Foes & Fireworks, Life Improvised: Volume One
Albert Goikhman
2 titles together
Mirror of Filth, Zina
John McCullough
2 titles together
Life Improvised: Volume One, El Western
Tom McCathie
2 titles together
El Western, Dace Decklan: Private Eye
Full filmography · 12
ForeFans
as Hotel Manager and Director and Writer
2026
After the Act
Director and Writer
2025
Stargaze
cast and Director
2023
Life Improvised: Volume One
as Concerned Man and Writer and Director
2022
Machination
Director and Writer
2022
In Corpore
Director
2020
Friends, Foes & Fireworks
Director
2017
Zina
Director
2016
Mirror of Filth
Director
2014
El Western
Director and Writer
2013
Reckoning
Director
2012
Dace Decklan: Private Eye
as Charlie and Director and Writer
2011