Theodore Ushev

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.

Directed

1. Blind Vaysha (2016) — Director
2. Lipsett Diaries (2010) — Director
3. The Physics of Sorrow (2019) — Director
4. 2017 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animation (2017) — Director
5. Tower Bawher (2006) — Director
6. Drux Flux (2008) — Director
7. Gloria Victoria (2013) — Director
8. Blood Manifesto (2015) — Director
9. Third Page from the Sun (2014) — Director
10. The Sleepwalker (2015) — Director
11. The Man Who Waited (2006) — Director
12. Nightingales in December (2012) — Director
13. Apart (2012) — Director
14. Blood (2017) — Director
15. Demoni (2012) — Director
16. 8' 19" (2018) — Director
17. VIVAldi VVinter (2018) — Director
18. Vertical (2003) — Director
19. Sou (2006) — Director
20. Living in a Box (2020) — Director
21. National Film Board of Canada / 60th Anniversary - Annecy Festival (2021) — Director
22. Phi 1.618 (2023) — Director
23. French Cancan (2017) — Director
24. Disposable Spring (2020) — Director
25. Tzaritza (2007) — Director
26. Yannick Nézet Séguin: No Intermission (2010) — Director
27. Hommage to Breathless (2023) — Director
28. Life with an Idiot (2025) — Director
29. The Wolf (2023) — Director
30. Idling — Director
31. The One-Minute Memoir (2020) — Director
32. Barcelona De Foc (2020) — Director
33. Apocalypse Is Under The Blanket (2020) — Director
34. L'ancien et le nouveau (effacé) (2025) — Director
35. 10 ans de résidence à l'Abbaye de Fontevraud (2017) — Director
36. Light Boxes — Director

Also appeared in

1. Universal Language (2024)
2. The Twentieth Century (2019) — Giantess of Strathcona
3. The Physics of Sorrow (2019) — (voice)
4. Blood Manifesto (2015) — (voice)
5. Theodore Ushev: Unseen Connections (2022) — Self
6. Tzaritza (2007)