Multi-award-winning, Oscar Shortlisted filmmaker specialising in writing and directing. Experienced practitioner combining auteur vision with production leadership and ethical care.

Selected credits
• Gone Fishing — Producer — Oscar-shortlisted; PGA Best Produced Short
• Little Deaths — Producer — feature sold worldwide
• Kilter — Writer/Director/Producer — MA thesis short
• Chrysanthemum — Director / Co-writer / Producer
• Shop My Stash — Director / Writer / Producer
• Hybrid Theory — Executive Producer (with Neil Marshall & Doug Abbott)
Education
• MA Film Practice (Distinction), Arts University Bournemouth, 2025
• Hollywood Film Institute graduate, 1999
• Film school graduate, 1991
Core strengths
• Primary: Writing and directing; actor collaboration; narrative development, producing.
• Secondary: Autoethnographic practice; ethical representation; budget troubleshooting; sound and grading workflows. I consider myself a 'CollaborAuteur'.
Awards & recognition
• Oscar-shortlisted producer (Gone Fishing)
• Producers Guild of America Best Produced Short (Gone Fishing)
• International feature sales (Little Deaths)

Full awards list can be seen here: https://livingspiritgroup.com/gone-fishing-short-film/
VIEW “GONE FISHING” https://youtu.be/BMpOAH8swmc

Ivan lives in Brighton, UK and continues to make films.

You can view his full filmography here:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1318597/

AWARDS

'GONE FISHING'

2009
Academy Awards *
Shortlisted
Shortlisted for best short
2009
Producer's Guild Of America *
Best Short
Best produced short film
2008
Bahamas International Film Festival *
Best Short Film
Bahamas International Film Festival Grand Prize
2009
Beverly Hills Film Festival *
Best Short Film
Beverly Hills Film Festival Audience Choice Award
2009
Big Island Film Festival *
Best Foreign Short
Won, Golden Honu Award Best Foreign Short
2009
Method Fest *
Best Short Film
Won, Audience Award Best Short Film
2009
Palm Beach International Film Festival *
Best Short Film
Won, Best Short Film
2008
Rhode Island International Film Festival *
Best Short Film
Won, Grand Prize Best Short Film
2009
Sedona International Film Festival *
Best Short film
Won, Audience Award Short Film
2009
Indie Fest *
Best Short Film
http://www.indiefestusa.com/
2009
Rout 66 International Film Festival *
Best In Fest
http://www.route66filmfestival.net/history8.html
2009
Spirit Quest Film Festival *
Best Narrative Short
http://spiritquestfilmfest.com/pastfests.html
2009
Edmonton International Film Festival *
Grand Jury Prize
http://www.edmontonfilmfest.com/
2009
Indianapolis International Film Festival *
Best Short film
http://indyfilmfest.org/
2009
Ballston Spa Film Festival *
Best Film
http://bspafilm.org/
2009
Staten Island International Film Festival *
Best Short
http://www.sifilmfestival.org/
2009
Big Island Film Festival *
Best Short Film
http://www.bigislandfilmfestival.com/
2009
RINCÓN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL *
Best Short Film
http://www.rinconfilm.com/
2009
CAPE FEAR INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL *
Audience Award + Best In Catagory
http://www.cfifn.org/film-festival/
2009
FIRST GLANCE FILM FESTIVAL *
Audience Award
http://firstglancefilms.com/
2009
End Of The Pier International Film Festival *
The West End Breaks Peoples' Choice Award for Best Drama in Festival
http://www.eotpfilmfestival.co.uk/?q=node/25
2009
Palm Beach International Film Festival *
Best Short
http://www.pbifilmfest.org/past_festivals/2009/
2009
Bare Bones Film Festival *
Best Short
http://www.barebonesfilmfestivals.org/
2009
Lake Arrowhead Film Festival *
Best Short
http://www.lakearrowheadfilmfestival.com/
2009
The Method Fest Independent Film Festival *
Audience Award
http://www.methodfest.com/
2009
OnFilm Festival *
Best Short
http://al.odu.edu/onfilmfest/video.shtml
2009
Heart Of Gold International Film Fes *
Festival Director's Best of Fest
http://www.heartofgold.com.au/archive/award_winners/
2009
Beverley Hills Short Film Festival *
Audience Award
http://www.beverlyhillsshortsfestival.com/
2009
Sedona Film International Festival *
Best Foreign Short Film
http://www.sedonafilmfestival.org/Page.asp?NavID=89
2009
Sedona Film International Festival *
Audience Award Best Short Film
http://www.sedonafilmfestival.org/Page.asp?NavID=89
2008
Barbados International Film Festival *
Best Short
http://www.filmfestivals.com/festival/barbados_international_film_festival
2008
My Hero International Film Festival *
Best Short
http://myhero.com/go/films/
2008
Kodak Awards *
Audience Award at Soho Shorts
http://livingspirit.typepad.com/blog/2008/08/gone-fishing-at-the-kodak-awards-2008.html