Theodore Ushev

Theodore Ushev was born in Bulgaria and earned a master's degree in graphic and poster design at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia in 1995. He taught there for several years before moving to Canada in 1999. He works in multimedia, illustration, animation and has exhibited his posters in Bulgaria, Finland, Germany, Japan, Denmark and Russia. His digital animation films have been selected by many festivals, including Annecy, Ottawa, Sundance, Toronto, Montreal, Valladolid, Rio de Janeiro, Dresden, Tampere and Leipzig. Theodore has since 2003 worked regularly in the Animation and Youth Studio at the National Film Board of Canada. He designed and animated the Engrenage web portal, which earned him the Grand Prix Boomerang in 2004. He also developed the site In vivo for the Canadian pavilion 2005 World Exposition in Aichi, Japan. Prolific director, Theodore Ushev completed 3 other films between 2005-2007 - The Man Who Waited, Tower Bawher, and the children movie Tzaritza, which bec