Theodore Ushev

Theodore Ushev ( born February 4, 1968 in Kyustendil ) is a Bulgarian animator who lives and works in Canada.

Life

Ushev studied animation at the Academy of Fine Arts Plovdiv and graphic design at the National Art Academy in Sofia. He worked after the end of studies in 1995, first in Bulgaria as a poster artist. He went to Canada in 1999 and settled in Montreal. Here he began to work as an animator and eventually came to the National Film Board of Canada. His first incurred the NFB film was 2003 Vertical.

A great success for Ushev was published in 2010 short animated film The Lipsett Diaries about the animator Arthur Lipsett, who in 1986 at the age of 49 years took his own life. For the film Ushev was awarded internationally, including a Genie Award for Best Animated Short Film and a nomination for the Cristal d' Annecy. Back in 2006 Ushev had begun with Tower Bawher a film trilogy that has witnessed the rise and fall of technologies and power and war on the subject, and was completed in 2008 with Drux Flux and 2013 Gloria Victoria. Gloria Victoria received a 2014 nomination for an Annie Award.

Ushev taught animation, including workshops, as well as at universities and festivals. In 2012 he was a member of the Jury of the Festival du Court - Métrage de Clermont -Ferrand.

Filmography (selection)

Awards (selection)

  • 2006: Nomination Cristal d' Annecy, Festival d' Animation Annecy, for Tower Bawher
  • 2008: First Prize nomination (Short Film ), Montreal World Film Festival, for Drux Flux
  • 2009: Genie Award nomination, Best Animated Short Film, for Drux Flux
  • 2009: Prix Jutra nomination, Best Animated Feature, for Drux Flux
  • 2010: Nomination Cristal d' Annecy, Festival d' Annecy Animation for The Lipsett Diaries
  • 2010: Special Mention ( short film ), Festival d' Annecy Animation for The Lipsett Diaries
  • 2010: Nomination Gold Hugo, Chicago International Film Festival, for The Lipsett Diaries
  • 2011: Genie Award, Best Animated Short Film for The Lipsett Diaries
  • 2011: Prix Jutra, Best Animated Film, for The Lipsett Diaries
  • 2012: Nomination Cristal d' Annecy, Festival d' Animation Annecy, for Rossignol en décembre
  • 2013: Prix Jutra nomination, Best Animated Feature, for Joda
  • 2013: Nomination Canadian Screen Award, Best Animated Short Film, for Demoni
  • 2013: Nomination Cristal d' Annecy, Festival d' Animation Annecy, Gloria Victoria
  • 2013: FIPRESCI Prize, Festival d' Animation Annecy, Gloria Victoria
  • 2014: Annie Award nomination, Best Animated Short Film, for Gloria Victoria
National Academy of Arts Genie Awards Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Animated Short Canadian Screen Awards
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