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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.
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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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.
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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 ...
- Bill Desowitz
Domee Shi based the adorable short about an empty nester Chinese mom who creates a living, breathing, giggling dumpling on her own family.
Mar 9, 2022 · Domee Shi embodies a lot of firsts. She is the first woman to direct a Pixar short (Bao). She’s also the first woman of color to win the Academy Award for best animated short film, also for Bao...
Jun 17, 2022 · The creator of ‘Bao’ and ‘Turning Red’ and Pixar VP of creative explains how she went from intern to Oscar winner to feature director, and how the storied studio stays breaking new ...
