Domee Shi

Born September 8, 1989 · Chongqing, China

Domee Shi (/ˈdoʊmi/; Chinese: 石之予; pinyin: Shí Zhīyǔ; born 8 September 1989) is a Canadian animator, film director and screenwriter. She has directed the short film Bao (2018) and the feature films Turning Red (2022) and Elio (2025). 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 both Turning Red and Elio. Description above from the Wikipedia article Domee Shi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.