Ivan started his creative life as a DJ playing at Ministry of Sound, Scala and Supreme FM as particular highlights. He went on to co-found band Kid Karoshi with two university friends.
He was a co-producer and keyboardist with and their debut EP featured on BBC 6 Music. Soon after this Ivan realised filmmaking was the ultimate to tell the stories that were stuck in him.
The first dramatic short film - that he wrote, directed and produced - Grow Up (2011) became his gateway to filmmaking.
Organisation CALM officially supported the film, which led it being featured at the British Urban Film Festival (BUFF), Cannes Short Film Corner, several other festivals and on UK television.
He went on to write and direct several other shorts, documentaries, music videos and in particular campaigns for charities including VSO and Ricefield Collective.
Ivan's last short Child in Their Eyes, featured in Shorts in the South (BFI Film Audience Network) and BUFF 2016. He co-founded and directed an education film programme GUTFilm for ages 6-11.
Over the course of 3 months, 2 groups of students wrote, shot, edited and a red carpet premier in front of several hundred parents and students two comedy/drama films about the transition from primary to school.
Using industry software and equipment, we didn't try to water it down for the participants. The course included guest tutor Jonathan Glazer who directed critically films Sexy Beast, Birth and Under the Skin.
He has grown Hentucky and has started to collaborate with other production companies. Notable In 2019 he was Executive Producer on Lifelike with Passenger Films and Fenêtre Sur Le Monde.
The film has won awards and critical acclaim on the festival circuit. IMDb Mini Biography By: A.M.
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