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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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- Animation, Adventure, Comedy
- Domee Shi
- 2022-03-11
- “We’re Going to Go There”
- From “Booksmart” to “Sailor Moon”
- 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...
Jan 6, 2023 · Shi and her all-women supervisory team practically turned the studio upside down with their 2D anime vibe to help the viewer empathize with Mei in every scene.
- Bill Desowitz
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 10, 2022 · In “ Turning Red,” director Domee Shi turned Pixar upside down in the pursuit of a 2D anime look for dorky 13-year-old Mei (Rosalie Chiang), who transforms into a giant red panda as part of her...
- Bill Desowitz
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 ...
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Mar 11, 2022 · Director Domee Shi is excited as she discusses one of her favorite scenes from her first feature: when Meilin Lee, her 13-year-old protagonist, “goes down her lusty drawing spiral under her bed...
