Theodore Ushev

Ushev at the 2016 Annecy International Animated Film Festival

Theodore Ushev (Bulgarian: Теодор Ушев) is an animator, graphic designer, illustrator and multimedia artist in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Life and career

He was born in Bulgaria and graduated stage decoration, animation, and make-up at Plovdiv's School of Scenic Arts.He obtained a master's degree in graphic design from the National Academy of Arts in Sofia.[1] He first made a name as a poster and graphic designer, before moving to Montreal in 1999. There he quickly gained a reputation as an animation filmmaker with for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), with films such as Vertical, The Man Who Waited, Tower Bawher, Tzartitza, Sou and Drux Flux, winner of the Canadian Film Institute Award for Best Canadian Animation at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.[2] In 2010, he completed a short animated documentary about Arthur Lipsett, entitled Lipsett Diaries.[3] In March 2011, Lipsett Diaries received the Genie Award for Best Animated Short at the 31st Genie Awards.[4]

He created live show multimedia and promo animations for the British band Public Symphony and David Gilmour’s “In an Island” album and live tour, and the illustrations for Chris Robinson' book "Ballad of a Thin Man: In Search of Ryan Larkin" (2008).

In 2012 a short musical film, based on Kottarashky song Demoni, won more than 10 awards, including Nomination for the new inaugurated Canadian Screen Awards

The third film from his 20th-century trilogy - Gloria Victoria was named Most Well Liked Animated Short of 2013. In a survey of fifteen respected festival programmers and critics who were each asked to name the best animated shorts of 2013, the film that came out on top was Gloria Victoria. Produced at the National Film Board of Canada, the film was selected by 11 out of 15 people surveyed. The film also got a nomination at 2014 Hollywood's Annie Awards.[5]

His 2016 NFB animated short Blind Vaysha had its world premiere at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, where it won the Jury Award and Junior Jury Award, and its North American premiere at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.[6] In September 2016, it received the Cartoon Network Award for Best Narrative Short Animation and the Canadian Film Institute Award for Best Canadian Animation at the 40th Ottawa International Animation Festival.[7]

Installation works

His keen interest for the new visual forms led him to experiments with installations, interactive works on public spaces and virtual reality. His last works are "Diagonales" on the facade of Montreal Public Library, the installation "Third page from the Sun" and the film-action "100 prints of Norman. Erased."in which he erases during 10 days in an aquarium at the Museum of Civilisation in Quebec the prints of the animation legend Norman McLaren.

References

  1. ↑ "Theodore Ushev". NFB Profiles. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
  2. ↑ "Awards". Drux Flux. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
  3. ↑ "Lipsett Diaries". Film website. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  4. ↑ Tremblay, Odile. "Huit prix Génie pour Incendies, dont meilleur film et meilleure réalisation". Le Devoir (in French). Montreal. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  5. ↑ Amidi, Amid. ""Gloria Victoria" Most Well Liked Animated Short of 2013". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 2013-12-16.
  6. ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (4 August 2016). "NFB Animations Head to TIFF". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
  7. ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (2016-09-25). "'J'Aime les Filles,' 'Louise' Take Ottawa Grand Prizes". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2016-09-29.

External links


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/30/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.