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Mar 12, 2022 · Director Domee Shi explains how Pixar teamed up with Disney Hong Kong and Turning Red’s songwriters and composer to produce the movie’s ending song.
- Tasha Robinson
Domee Shi based the adorable short about an empty nester Chinese mom who creates a living, breathing, giggling dumpling on her own family.
May 14, 2024 · The meaning behind the red panda. Whenever Mei feels an intense emotion, whether it be anger, excitement, or sadness, she turns into a ginormous red panda. While red pandas originate from China, where Mei’s ancestors come from, the animal itself doesn’t have much cultural significance.
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 sole director's credit on a feature film for Pixar.
Jun 16, 2018 · In a phone interview, Shi discussed her inspiration for “Bao,” overcoming her doubts to craft a specifically Chinese story and the memorable scene she almost didn’t include in the short.
- tracy.brown@latimes.com
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Jun 21, 2018 · In a phone interview, Shi discussed her inspiration for Bao, overcoming her doubts to craft a specifically Chinese story and the memorable scene she almost didn’t include in the short. For the...
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Domee Shi is a Chinese-born Canadian animator, storyboard artist, and director for Pixar since 2011. She has contributed to multiple films, including Inside Out (2015), The Good Dinosaur (2015), Incredibles 2 (2018), Toy Story 4 (2019), and Elio (2025).
