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Jan 6, 2023 · Shi tells IndieWire how she paved the way as a female visionary at Pixar with her Oscar contender. Everything changed for director Domee Shi at Pixar in 2022. She released her first feature...
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Feb 7, 2022 · From Disney and Pixar and directed by Domee Shi (who made the short Bao), the animated feature Turning Red tells the story of Mei Lee (voiced by Rosalie Chiang), a 13-year-old who’s equal parts...
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Mar 8, 2022 · To see the city translated into a lush Pixar landscape, all stretched, squished and gleaming, is a pure dopamine hit. Shi possesses a vision both wildly expansive and emotionally incisive. She’s...
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- The Boy Band Obsession
Shi is no stranger to the Pixar and Disney way of doing things: She first joined the animation giant as an intern in 2011, later serving as a storyboard artist on Pixar hits like “Inside Out,” “Incredibles 2,” and “Toy Story 4,” before making her directorial debut with the short “Bao.”And “Bao” was a hit of its own, debuting at the Tribeca Film Fes...
Shi loves coming-of-age stories, and she said she took inspiration from a handful of recent hits, like Olivia Wilde’s “Booksmart” and Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird,” both of which include complex and humorous explorations of the relationships between both close friends and mothers and daughters. Shi’s own childhood obsessions are also a large part of t...
As for the boy bands, while Shi admits to being “more of an NSYNC girl,” she wasn’t as obsessed with the dulcet tones of all-singing, all-dancing groups as her animated stars, but she recognized their inherent value to giving the film its special pop. “I was that obsessive nerdy girl who focused all of her energy and passion into one thing with her...
Mar 31, 2022 · “Domee Shi: I remember not being the only Asian in my class or friend group. I was around people from all, and that was just such a cool detail about Toronto that I wanted to share with the world.” Check out our chat with #TurningRed director Domee Shi!
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 and the all-consuming love of a mother.
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Award-winning director Domee Shi gets candid about her own love for boy bands and positive friendships that made it to her first movie, Turning Red.
