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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.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film · 2017 · nominated
Filmography6 titles

The Physics of Sorrow
2019as (voice)
2019as (voice)

Universal Language
2024
2024

Blind Vaysha
2016Animation, Director, Writer
2016Animation, Director, Writer

The Twentieth Century
2019as Giantess of Strathcona
2019as Giantess of Strathcona

Theodore Ushev: Unseen Connections
2022as Self
2022as Self

Reflection
2013Editor
2013Editor