Independent film director/producer, member  and creator of Mass Defect (Defekt Masy 2003-2009) film group. Born on August 27, 1987 in New Brunswick, NJ, has resided in Florence, Italy, but since 1993 he has been living in Warsaw, Poland. In 2003, Ivo’s first documentary COUNTER-STRIKE PLAYERS represented Poland at the International Kids for Kids Festival. In 2008 Ivo directed and produced an independent short film in Nancy, France - THE HOUR BETWEEN NIGHT AND DAY (Rue de la Source). In 2010 his documentary on the childhood of elderly Jews in pre war Poland 8 STORIES, THAT HAVEN’T CHANGED THE WORLD won several awards in Poland and was selected to film festivals in London, New York and Israel.