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Shi was the first woman to direct a short film at Pixar with 'Bao.' In her time at...more. On this day in 1989, Pixar director and animator Domee Shi was born.
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May 17, 2023 · Domee Shi the Oscar-winning Pixar director and writer discusses how her first credit in #insideout paved the way for her to tell bold, risk-taking stories in animated short 'Bao' and...
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Domee Shi’s feature directorial debut, “Turning Red,” is a coming-of-age movie about a Chinese Canadian girl and follows her Oscar-winning animated short “B...
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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 9, 2022 · Courtesy of Pixar. So rather than erasing Mei’s Asian human form, Shi sees the red panda as an unexpected way to depict puberty. “The idea of this girl uncontrollably poofing into a giant red...
Domee Shi (/ ˈ d oʊ m i /; [1] Chinese: 石之予; pinyin: Shí Zhīyǔ; born 8 September 1989) [2] [3] is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. She has directed the short film Bao (2018) and the feature films Turning Red (2022) and the upcoming Elio (2025), becoming the first woman to direct a short film and then the first woman with ...
Jan 6, 2023 · ‘Turning Red’ Transformed Domee Shi Into One of Pixar’s Biggest Stars Shi tells IndieWire how she paved the way as a female visionary at Pixar with her Oscar contender. By Bill Desowitz
