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.
2026IdlingMovieDirector
2025Life with an IdiotMovieDirector · Writer · Editor · Colorist
2025L'ancien et le nouveau (effacé)MovieDirector
2024Universal LanguageMovie
2023The WolfMovieDirector · Writer · Editor2023Phi 1.618MovieDirector · Producer
2022Theodore Ushev: Unseen ConnectionsMovieas Self
2021National Film Board of Canada / 60th Anniversary - Annecy FestivalMovieDirector
2020Living in a BoxMovieDirector
2020The One-Minute MemoirMovieDirector
2020Disposable SpringMovieDirector
2020Apocalypse Is Under The BlanketMovieDirector
2019The Twentieth CenturyMovieas Giantess of Strathcona
2019The Physics of SorrowMovieas (voice) · Editor · Director · Writer
2018The SubjectMovieEditor20188' 19"MovieDirector2018VIVAldi VVinterMovieDirector
2017French CancanMovieDirector
20172017 Oscar Nominated Short Films: AnimationMovieDirector201710 ans de résidence à l'Abbaye de FontevraudMovieDirector
2016Blind VayshaMovieAnimation · Director · Writer
2015Blood ManifestoMovieas (voice) · Director · Writer · Animation
2014Third Page from the SunMovieAnimation · Director
2013Gloria VictoriaMovieDirector · Screenplay
2013ReflectionMovieEditor2012Nightingales in DecemberMovieScreenplay · Director2012DemoniMovieDirector
2010Lipsett DiariesMovieDirector · Animation · Editor
2010Yannick Nézet Séguin: No IntermissionMovieDirector · Writer · Editor
2008Drux FluxMovieDirector
2007TzaritzaMovieWriter · Director · Cinematography · Animation
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2006Tower BawherMovieDirector · Animation · Script
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2003VerticalMovieDirector · Story