Ivan Malekin

Directing· Melbourne, Australia

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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.

Film	Credit
ForeFans2026 · Hotel Manager, Director, Writer, Producer	Hotel Manager, Director, Writer, Producer
After the Act2025 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
No Woman Is an Island2024 · Producer	Producer
Stargaze2023 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Cats of Malta2022 · Producer, Director of Photography	Producer, Director of Photography
Life Improvised: Volume One2022 · Concerned Man, Director, Writer, Producer	Concerned Man, Director, Writer, Producer
Machination2022 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
MMicro-Budget Marauders: Micro-Budget Mentality2021 · Himself	Himself
In Corpore2020 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Choir Girl2019 · Producer	Producer
Friends, Foes & Fireworks2017 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Daughter2016 · Producer	Producer
Zina2016 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
MMidnight2016 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
AAnniversary2015 · Producer	Producer
Mirror of Filth2014 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
El Western2013 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
DDusk2013 · Producer	Producer
Reckoning2012 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Dace Decklan: Private Eye2011 · Charlie, Director, Writer, Producer	Charlie, Director, Writer, Producer
EEternalWriter, Producer	Writer, Producer
SSiblingDirector, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer