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Theodore Ushev
Born
4 February 1968
Place
Kyustendil, Bulgaria
Directing

Theodore Ushev

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.

As director

Life with an Idiot

Life with an Idiot

2025 · Director
L'ancien et le nouveau (effacé)

L'ancien et le nouveau (effacé)

2025 · Director
Phi 1.618

Phi 1.618

2023 · Director

Hommage to Breathless

2023 · Director
The Wolf

The Wolf

2023 · Director
National Film Board of Canada / 60th Anniversary - Annecy Festival

National Film Board of Canada / 60th Anniversary - Annecy Festival

2021 · Director
Living in a Box

Living in a Box

2020 · Director
Disposable Spring

Disposable Spring

2020 · Director
The One-Minute Memoir

The One-Minute Memoir

2020 · Director

Barcelona De Foc

2020 · Director
Apocalypse Is Under The Blanket

Apocalypse Is Under The Blanket

2020 · Director
The Physics of Sorrow

The Physics of Sorrow

2019 · Director
8' 19"

8' 19"

2018 · Director
VIVAldi VVinter

VIVAldi VVinter

2018 · Director
French Cancan

French Cancan

2017 · Director

Blood

2017 · Director
2017 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animation

2017 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animation

2017 · Director
10 ans de résidence à l'Abbaye de Fontevraud

10 ans de résidence à l'Abbaye de Fontevraud

2017 · Director
Blind Vaysha

Blind Vaysha

2016 · Director

The Sleepwalker

2015 · Director
Blood Manifesto

Blood Manifesto

2015 · Director
Third Page from the Sun

Third Page from the Sun

2014 · Director
Gloria Victoria

Gloria Victoria

2013 · Director

Apart

2012 · Director
Nightingales in December

Nightingales in December

2012 · Director
Demoni

Demoni

2012 · Director
Lipsett Diaries

Lipsett Diaries

2010 · Director
Yannick Nézet Séguin: No Intermission

Yannick Nézet Séguin: No Intermission

2010 · Director
Drux Flux

Drux Flux

2008 · Director
Tzaritza

Tzaritza

2007 · Director

As actor

Universal Language

Universal Language

2024
Theodore Ushev: Unseen Connections

Theodore Ushev: Unseen Connections

2022 · Self
The Physics of Sorrow

The Physics of Sorrow

2019 · (voice)
The Twentieth Century

The Twentieth Century

2019 · Giantess of Strathcona
Blood Manifesto

Blood Manifesto

2015 · (voice)
Tzaritza

Tzaritza

2007