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Domee Shi (/ ˈ d oʊ m i /; Chinese: 石之予; pinyin: Shí Zhīyǔ; born 8 September 1989) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. She directed the 2018 short film Bao and the 2022 feature film Turning Red , becoming the first woman to direct a short film and then the first woman with sole director's credit on a feature film for Pixar .
Mar 11, 2022 · Turning Red: Directed by Domee Shi. With Rosalie Chiang, Sandra Oh, Ava Morse, Hyein Park. A thirteen-year-old girl named Mei Lee is torn between staying her mother's dutiful daughter and the changes of adolescence.
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Jan 6, 2023 · Everything changed for director Domee Shi at Pixar in 2022. She released her first feature, “ Turning Red ,” the semi-autobiographical, anime-inspired, coming-of-age comedy that’s an Oscar...
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Feb 14, 2023 · Shi, who served as a storyboard artist on Oscar-winning movies like Inside Out and Toy Story 4 before becoming the first woman to direct a short for Pixar, won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film with Bao, her winsome, deeply personal short about dumplings
Oct 5, 2022 · Shi’s very first sketch for “Turning Red” — in which a sweaty, overloaded young girl “stomps off to school” while her perfectly poised mother observes from the background — was based ...
Toronto, Canada—hometown to director Domee Shi and the characters of “Turning Red”—is featured prominently in the film, calling for specific nods to iconic locales. But compared to the representation of New York City in “Soul,” “Turning Red” aims for a less realistic look.
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