Theodore Ushev

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

0.5999

Gender

Male

Birthday

04-Feb-1968

Age

(58 years old)

Place of Birth

Kyustendil, Bulgaria

Also Known As
  • Теодор Асенов Ушев
  • Theo Ushev
  • Тео Ушев

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.


Credits

Une langue universelle Une langue universelle (2024) Character: N/A
Winter. Somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg. Negin and Nazgol find a sum of money frozen deep within the sidewalk ice and try to find a way to get it out. Massoud leads a group of befuddled tourists upon an increasingly-strange walking tour of Winnipeg historic sites. Matthew leaves his job at the Québec government and embarks upon a mysterious journey to visit his estranged mother.
Blood Manifesto Blood Manifesto (2015) Character: (voice)
Director Theodore Ushev uses his own blood to animate struggles with injustice in the world.
Physique de la tristesse Physique de la tristesse (2019) Character: (voice)
Tracks an unknown man’s life as he sifts through memories of his youth in Bulgaria through to his increasingly rootless and melancholic adulthood in Canada.
The Twentieth Century The Twentieth Century (2019) Character: Giantess of Strathcona
Toronto, Canada, 1899. William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874-1950) fervently believes that he is destined to become Prime Minister, but to do so he will first have to fight his personal obsessions and overcome the many obstacles he will encounter on his tortuous path to power.
Теодор Ушев: Невидими Връзки Теодор Ушев: Невидими Връзки (2022) Character: Self
While visiting his native country to shoot his first live-action film (PHI 1.618), animation filmmaker Theodore Ushev recounts the highlights of his life in Bulgaria and recalls the various underground artistic movements that have influenced him. Featuring archival footage, film clips and talking-head segments with friends and family, this fascinating documentary takes a personal and political dive into the teeming creative universe developed through experience with people and events by the award-winning director of LIPSETT DIARIES, BLIND VAYSHA and THE PHYSICS OF SORROW.
Tzaritza Tzaritza (2007) Character: N/A
This animated short by Theodore Ushev combines warmth, humour and magic in a story about a young girl who misses her grandmother. When Lili finds a tzaritza (magic shell) along the seashore, she hatches a plan to bring her Grandma from Bulgaria to Montreal to make her father happy.



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