Domee Shi

Directing

Domee Shi

Born
(age 37)
Birthplace
Chongqing, China
Credits
13 titles

Biography

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.

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Known For

Acting credits 6

YearTitleRole
2024 Character Conversations TV (1 ep)
2022 Stay Tooned TV Self - Guest (1 ep)
2022 Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red Film Self
2021 Pixar 2021 Disney+ Day Special Film Self
2021 A Spark Story Film Self
2019 Purl Film Office Lady #3 (voice)

Crew credits 7

YearTitleJob
TBA Untitled Pixar Musical Film Director
2026 Hoppers Film Executive Producer
2025 Elio Film Director, Story, ADR & Dubbing
2022 Turning Red Film Screenplay, Story, Director
2018 Bao Film Director, Writer
2018 Incredibles 2 Film Additional Storyboarding
2011 Well Being Film Director
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