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Domee Shi

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Domee Shi
Oscar-winning Pixar director and writer Domee Shi discusses how her first credit paved the way for her to tell bold, risk-taking stories in animated short 'Bao' and full-length feature 'Turning Red.'
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Domee Shi is a Canadian animator, film director and screenwriter. She has directed the short film Bao (2018) and the feature films Turning Red (2022) and the upcoming Elio (2025) with Madeline Sharafian and Adrian Molina, 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.

Shi began working for Pixar in 2011 as a storyboard artist, contributing to multiple films, including Inside Out (2015), The Good Dinosaur (2015), and Toy Story 4 (2019). She was also an additional story artist for Incredibles 2 (2018).

For Bao, Shi won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 91st Academy Awards, and also earned nominations for the 43rd Annie Awards, the International Online Cinema Awards, and the Tribeca Film Festival. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Turning Red.
BornAugust 19, 1989
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    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 4 wins & 26 nominations total

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    Known for

    Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Tristan Allerick Chen, Ava Morse, Hyein Park, and Rosalie Chiang in Turning Red (2022)
    Turning Red
    6.9
    • Additional Crew(Pixar)
    • 2022
    Lewis Black, Bill Hader, Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, and Mindy Kaling in Inside Out (2015)
    Inside Out
    8.1
    • Animation Department
    • 2015
    Bao (2018)
    Bao
    7.5
    Short
    • Director(directed by)
    • 2018
    Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter, Craig T. Nelson, Brad Bird, Michelle Rodriguez, Bill Wise, Sarah Vowell, Eli Fucile, Mina Sundwall, Clarke Wolfe, Gillian Flynn, and Huck Milner in Incredibles 2 (2018)
    Incredibles 2
    7.5
    • Animation Department
    • 2018

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    • Will Forte, Rhea Seehorn, Erin Keif, Dorien Maxwell, Chanel Stewart, Harlow Hodges, Flula Borg, Vyvan Pham, Lil Rel Howery, Josh Thomson, Santina Muha, Rosa Salazar, Rosanna Jean Foss, Tom Law, Jo Firestone, Kyliegh Curran, Milan Elizabeth Ray, and Izaac Wang in Win or Lose (2025)
      Win or Lose
      8.0
      TV Series
      • senior creative team: Pixar
      • 2025
    • Diane Lane, Kyle MacLachlan, Carlos Alazraqui, Lewis Black, Grey DeLisle, Tony Hale, Peter Jessop, Matthew Yang King, Liza Lapira, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Phyllis Smith, Paula Pell, Kensington Tallman, Kimberly Woods, Grace Lu, Quinn Minichino Eakins, Ally Maki, Richard Ayoade, Sumayyah Nuriddin-Green, Ace Gibson, Giancarlo Sabogal, Maya Aoki Tuttle, Kunal Dudheker, Noah Kaye Bentley, Lauren Holt, and Nicolas Cantu in Dream Productions (2024)
      Dream Productions
      7.5
      TV Mini Series
      • senior creative team: Pixar
      • 2024
    • Lewis Black, Tony Hale, Liza Lapira, Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, Maya Hawke, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Paul Walter Hauser, and Ayo Edebiri in Inside Out 2 (2024)
      Inside Out 2
      7.5
      • senior creative team: Pixar
      • 2024
    • Catherine O'Hara, Thomas Newman, Jonathan Adams, Wilma Bonet, P.L. Brown, Ronnie Del Carmen, John Hoberg, Alex Kapp, Jean-Claude Kalache, Matthew Yang King, Ronobir Lahiri, Denise Ream, Stephen Schaffer, Don Shank, Peter Sohn, Kat Likkel, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Jeff LaPensee, Innocent Ekakitie, Mason Wertheimer, Clara Lin Ding, Brenda Hsueh, Shila Ommi, Leah Lewis, David Juan Bianchi, Ben Morris, Joe Pera, Mamoudou Athie, and Reagan To in Elemental (2023)
      Elemental
      7.0
      • senior creative team: Pixar
      • 2023
    • Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, and Quinta Brunson in Cars on the Road (2022)
      Cars on the Road
      6.9
      TV Mini Series
      • senior creative team: Pixar
      • 2022
    • Chris Evans in Lightyear (2022)
      Lightyear
      6.1
      • senior creative team: Pixar
      • 2022
    • Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Tristan Allerick Chen, Ava Morse, Hyein Park, and Rosalie Chiang in Turning Red (2022)
      Turning Red
      6.9
      • senior creative team: Pixar
      • 2022
    • Marco Barricelli, Jim Gaffigan, Maya Rudolph, Peter Sohn, Emma Berman, Jacob Tremblay, Jack Dylan Grazer, and Saverio Raimondo in Luca (2021)
      Luca
      7.4
      • senior creative team: Pixar
      • 2021
    • Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey in Soul (2020)
      Soul
      8.0
      • senior creative team: Pixar
      • 2020
    • Julia Louis-Dreyfus, John Ratzenberger, Tracey Ullman, Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna, Wilmer Valderrama, Catherine Apple, Sharon Calahan, Grey DeLisle, Chris Pratt, Kori Rae, Mel Rodriguez, Dan Scanlon, Octavia Spencer, Keith Bunin, Kyle Bornheimer, Noah Klocek, Lena Waithe, Adam Habib, Jason Headley, Tom Holland, Ali Wong, and George Psarras in Onward (2020)
      Onward
      7.4
      • senior creative team: Pixar
      • 2020
    • Tom Hanks, Keanu Reeves, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale, Christina Hendricks, Keegan-Michael Key, Ally Maki, and Jordan Peele in Toy Story 4 (2019)
      Toy Story 4
      7.6
      • senior creative team: Pixar
      • 2019

    Animation Department



    • Tom Hanks, Keanu Reeves, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale, Christina Hendricks, Keegan-Michael Key, Ally Maki, and Jordan Peele in Toy Story 4 (2019)
      Toy Story 4
      7.6
      • storyboard artist
      • 2019
    • Samuel L. Jackson, Holly Hunter, Craig T. Nelson, Brad Bird, Michelle Rodriguez, Bill Wise, Sarah Vowell, Eli Fucile, Mina Sundwall, Clarke Wolfe, Gillian Flynn, and Huck Milner in Incredibles 2 (2018)
      Incredibles 2
      7.5
      • storyboard artist
      • 2018
    • Raymond Ochoa and Jack Bright in The Good Dinosaur (2015)
      The Good Dinosaur
      6.7
      • story artist
      • 2015
    • Lewis Black, Bill Hader, Amy Poehler, Phyllis Smith, and Mindy Kaling in Inside Out (2015)
      Inside Out
      8.1
      • story artist
      • 2015

    Director



    • Elio
      • Director (directed by)
      • Post-production
      • 2025



    • Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Tristan Allerick Chen, Ava Morse, Hyein Park, and Rosalie Chiang in Turning Red (2022)
      Turning Red
      6.9
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2022
    • Bao (2018)
      Bao
      7.5
      Short
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2018

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      Canadian storyboard artist & director for Pixar.
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      [Her listing her favorite Asian creators that inspired her] Rumiko Takahashi. I was obsessed with Inuyasha as a teen. Ranma ½ was also a big influence on Turning Red. I just think she's a legend. Bong Joon Ho. I love his films' boldness, humor, and his genre-bending stories. Ang Lee. Eat Drink Man Woman and Brokeback Mountain are some of my favorite films. As a young artist, it was really inspiring to see an Asian director succeed in the Western film industry.

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    • How old is Domee Shi?
      35 years old
    • When was Domee Shi born?
      August 19, 1989
    • Where was Domee Shi born?
      Chongqing, China
    • What is Domee Shi's birth name?
      Zhiyu Shi
    • What is Domee Shi known for?
      Inside Out, Incredibles 2, Bao, and Turning Red

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