
Theodore Ushev
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 4, 1968
- Birthplace
- 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 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
- Light Boxes
Light Boxes TBA
Director

Idling 2026
Director

Life with an Idiot 2025
Director, Writer, Editor, Colorist

L'ancien et le nouveau (effacé) 2025
Director

Universal Language 2024
Actor
- Hommage to Breathless
Hommage to Breathless 2023
Director

The Wolf 2023
Director, Writer, Editor

Phi 1.618 2023
Director, Producer

Theodore Ushev: Unseen Connections 2022
as Self

National Film Board of Canada / 60th Anniversary - Annecy Festival 2021
Director
- Barcelona De Foc
Barcelona De Foc 2020
Director, Producer

Living in a Box 2020
Director

The One-Minute Memoir 2020
Director

Disposable Spring 2020
Director

Apocalypse Is Under The Blanket 2020
Director

The Twentieth Century 2019
as Giantess of Strathcona

The Physics of Sorrow 2019
as (voice), Editor, Director, Writer

The Subject 2018
Editor

8' 19" 2018
Director

VIVAldi VVinter 2018
Director

French Cancan 2017
Director
- 四季
四季 2017
Animation Director

2017 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animation 2017
Director
- Blood
Blood 2017
Director

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

Blind Vaysha 2016
Animation, Director, Writer

Blood Manifesto 2015
as (voice), Director, Writer, Animation
- The Sleepwalker
The Sleepwalker 2015
Writer, Director, Producer

Third Page from the Sun 2014
Animation, Director

Gloria Victoria 2013
Director, Screenplay

Reflection 2013
Editor
- Apart
Apart 2012
Director

Nightingales in December 2012
Director, Screenplay

Demoni 2012
Director

Lipsett Diaries 2010
Director, Animation, Editor

Yannick Nézet Séguin: No Intermission 2010
Director, Writer, Editor

Drux Flux 2008
Director

Tzaritza 2007
Actor, Director, Writer, Cinematography, Animation

Sou 2006
Director

Tower Bawher 2006
Director, Animation, Script

The Man Who Waited 2006
Director

Vertical 2003
Director, Story
Credits from TMDB.