Domee Shi

1989 – Present

Genres
Animation
Heritage
ChinaCanada
Featured in
Merry & Bright

Biography

Domee Shi (born September 8, 1989) is a Canadian animator, film director, and screenwriter. She has directed the short film Bao (2018), the feature film Turning Red (2022), and 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. Shi began working for Pixar in 2011 as a storyboard artist. She contributed 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Domee Shi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Selected Filmography

Selected Recognition

Elio

2025
  1. Nominee

    Academy Award · Best Animated Feature (2026) · Nominee

  2. First

    Pixar's first feature centered on a Mexican-Dominican lead character, co-directed by Domee Shi

  1. Winner

    Critics Choice Award · (2023) · Winner

  2. Nominee

    Academy Award · Best Animated Feature (2023) · Nominee

  3. Nominee

    BAFTA · Best Animated Feature (2023) · Nominee

  4. Nominee

    Golden Globe · Best Animated Feature (2023) · Nominee

  5. Nominee

    Annie Award · Best Animated Feature (2023) · Nominee

  6. First

    Domee Shi is the first woman to solely direct a Pixar feature film — following her short Bao, which made her the first woman of color to win the Best Animated Short Oscar

Interview

External Resources