Person

Theodore Ushev

Directing · Born 1968-02-04 · Kyustendil, Bulgaria

Biography

Theodore Asenov Ushev (Bulgarian: Теодор Асенов Ушев; born 4 February, 1968; Kyustendil) is a Bulgarian and Canadian animator, film director and screenwriter based in Montreal. He is best known for his work at the National Film Board of Canada, including the 2016 animated short Blind Vaysha, which was nominated for an Academy Award.[1] He is a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France.

Known for

Filmography

2025Life with an IdiotDirector
2025L'ancien et le nouveau (effacé)Director
2024Universal Language
2023Hommage to BreathlessDirector
2023The WolfDirector
2023Phi 1.618Director
2022Theodore Ushev: Unseen ConnectionsSelf
2021National Film Board of Canada / 60th Anniversary - Annecy FestivalDirector
2020Barcelona De FocDirector
2020Living in a BoxDirector
2020The One-Minute MemoirDirector
2020Disposable SpringDirector
2020Apocalypse Is Under The BlanketDirector
2019The Twentieth CenturyGiantess of Strathcona
2019The Physics of Sorrow(voice)
2018The SubjectEditor
20188' 19"Director
2018VIVAldi VVinterDirector
2017French CancanDirector
2017四季Animation Director
20172017 Oscar Nominated Short Films: AnimationDirector
2017BloodDirector
201710 ans de résidence à l'Abbaye de FontevraudDirector
2016Blind VayshaAnimation
2015Blood Manifesto(voice)
2015The SleepwalkerWriter
2014Third Page from the SunAnimation
2013Gloria VictoriaDirector
2013ReflectionEditor
2012ApartDirector
2012Nightingales in DecemberScreenplay
2012DemoniDirector
2010Lipsett DiariesDirector
2010Yannick Nézet Séguin: No IntermissionDirector
2008Drux FluxDirector
2007Tzaritza
2006SouDirector
2006Tower BawherDirector
2006The Man Who WaitedDirector
2003VerticalDirector
—IdlingDirector

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