Theodore Ushev

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Theodore Ushev

Directing 58 February 4, 1968

Kyustendil, Bulgaria

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…

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Universal Language

Universal Language

7.0 2024 Movie
Blind Vaysha

Blind Vaysha

7.0 2016 Movie
The Twentieth Century

The Twentieth Century

6.4 2019 Movie
Blood Manifesto

Blood Manifesto

6.1 2015 Movie
Tower Bawher

Tower Bawher

5.8 2006 Movie
The Physics of Sorrow

The Physics of Sorrow

7.6 2019 Movie
Lipsett Diaries

Lipsett Diaries

6.2 2010 Movie
Drux Flux

Drux Flux

4.0 2008 Movie
Gloria Victoria

Gloria Victoria

5.7 2013 Movie
2017 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animation

2017 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animation

7.1 2017 Movie
Reflection

Reflection

2013 Movie
The Subject

The Subject

5.4 2018 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Life with an Idiot

    Movie Director

  2. 2025
    L'ancien et le nouveau (effacé)

    Movie Director

  3. 2024
    Universal Language

    Movie

  4. 2023
    Hommage to Breathless

    Movie Director

  5. 2023
    The Wolf

    Movie Director

  6. 2023
    Phi 1.618

    Movie Director

  7. 2022
    Theodore Ushev: Unseen Connections

    Movie Self

  8. 2021
    National Film Board of Canada / 60th Anniversary - Annecy Festival

    Movie Director

  9. 2020
    Barcelona De Foc

    Movie Director

  10. 2020
    Living in a Box

    Movie Director

  11. 2020
    The One-Minute Memoir

    Movie Director

  12. 2020
    Disposable Spring

    Movie Director

  13. 2020
    Apocalypse Is Under The Blanket

    Movie Director

  14. 2019
    The Twentieth Century

    Movie Giantess of Strathcona

  15. 2019
    The Physics of Sorrow

    Movie (voice)

  16. 2018
    The Subject

    Movie Editor

More credits
  1. 2018
    8' 19"

    Movie Director

  2. 2018
    VIVAldi VVinter

    Movie Director

  3. 2017
    French Cancan

    Movie Director

  4. 2017
    四季

    Movie Animation Director

  5. 2017
    2017 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animation

    Movie Director

  6. 2017
    Blood

    Movie Director

  7. 2017
    10 ans de résidence à l'Abbaye de Fontevraud

    Movie Director

  8. 2016
    Blind Vaysha

    Movie Animation

  9. 2015
    Blood Manifesto

    Movie (voice)

  10. 2015
    The Sleepwalker

    Movie Writer

  11. 2014
    Third Page from the Sun

    Movie Animation

  12. 2013
    Gloria Victoria

    Movie Director

  13. 2013
    Reflection

    Movie Editor

  14. 2012
    Apart

    Movie Director

  15. 2012
    Nightingales in December

    Movie Screenplay

  16. 2012
    Demoni

    Movie Director

  17. 2010
    Lipsett Diaries

    Movie Director

  18. 2010
    Yannick Nézet Séguin: No Intermission

    Movie Director

  19. 2008
    Drux Flux

    Movie Director

  20. 2007
    Tzaritza

    Movie

  21. 2006
    Sou

    Movie Director

  22. 2006
    Tower Bawher

    Movie Director

  23. 2006
    The Man Who Waited

    Movie Director

  24. 2003
    Vertical

    Movie Director