- Hailed by the Toronto Star in 2022 as part of the Reelworld festival "the next big names of tomorrow" Ivan Madeira's debut feature 'Pattern' has played at the Reelworld Film Festival where he won Outstanding Feature Film Producer, won best feature at Roxbury International Film Festival in Boston and was nominated for best feature at the British Urban Film Festival in London.
Ivan has been working as an independent producer and filmmaker since 2009, with his debut dramatic short film 'Grow Up' Mental Health charity CALM officially supported the film, which led it to be featured at BUFF, Cannes Short Film Corner, and on UK television (BBC iPlayer, Together TV). He went on to direct several other shorts and documentaries, featuring in festivals and distributed on Apple TV and Bohemian Europhia as well as music video campaigns for charities including VSO and UK rapper and TV personality Big Narstie.
He's also keen on developing talent within the industry. He worked on an initial schools program he co-founded, enabling school children between the ages of 6-11 to make films from idea to a finished film played at their school. Guest speakers included Jonathan Glazer (Dir: Sexy Beast, Under My Skin).
- IMDb mini biography by: A.M. Crompton
- He won a DJ competition with Uptown Records in 2001 and played at a 4/4 Garage night at Ministry of Sound.
- In late 2000s he co-founded band the now-defunct band Kid Karoshi whilst at university. He was a keyboardist, co-writer/producer in the band. They had songs from their debut EP play on BBC 6Music. Their debut gig was at Hootenanny's in Brixton, where they had support from award-winning poet and twice nominated Mercury Music Prize, Kate Tempest and her project "Sound of Rum.".
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