Domee Shi
{{Short description|Canadian filmmaker (born 1989)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{family name hatnote|Shi|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Domee Shi.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Shi in 2018
| birth_name = Shi Zhiyu (石之予)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|9|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = Chongqing, China
| nationality = Canadian
| other_names =
| alma_mater = Sheridan College
| occupation = {{Flatlist|
- Animator
- Film director
- screenwriter
- storyboard artist
}}
| employer = Pixar Animation Studios (2011–present)
| years_active = 2010−present
}}
Domee Shi ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|oʊ|m|i|}};{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0_R_g2k34A|title=Domee Shi draws inspiration for Bao {{pipe}} Sheridan Ovation|work=Sheridan College via YouTube|date=February 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320120017/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0_R_g2k34A|archive-date=March 20, 2022|url-status=live}} {{zh|c=石之予|p=Shí Zhīyǔ}}; born 8 September 1989){{Cite web |last=Macabasco |first=Lisa Wong |date=2018-04-20 |title=In Bao, Food for The Soul From Domee Shi, Pixar's First Female Director of a Short |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/pixar-bao-domee-shi-interview |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=Vogue |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220516204331/https://www.vogue.com/article/pixar-bao-domee-shi-interview |archive-date=May 16, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/domee_shi|title=Domee Shi|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=25 January 2023}} 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), 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/06/15/619253624/in-pixars-first-female-directed-short-a-dumpling-child-fills-an-empty-nest|title=In Pixar's First Female-Directed Short, A Dumpling Child Fills An Empty Nest|work=NPR.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520132258/https://www.npr.org/2018/06/15/619253624/in-pixars-first-female-directed-short-a-dumpling-child-fills-an-empty-nest|archive-date=May 20, 2019|access-date=October 27, 2020|language=en|first=Rachel|last=Martin|date=June 15, 2018|url-status=live}}{{Cite news |last=Barnes |first=Brooks |date=2022-03-07 |title=With 'Turning Red,' a Big Red Panda Helps Break a Glass Ceiling|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/movies/turning-red-movie-interview-domee-shi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307171115/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/movies/turning-red-movie-interview-domee-shi.html|archive-date=March 7, 2022|access-date=March 18, 2022|issn=0362-4331|url-status=live}}https://x.com/elio_updates/status/1822111071387484399
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.{{Cite web|title=Bao {{!}} 2018 Tribeca Festival|url=https://tribecafilm.com/films/bao-2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919054654/https://tribecafilm.com/films/bao-2018|archive-date=September 19, 2020|access-date=March 23, 2022|website=Tribeca|url-status=live}} She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Turning Red.
Early life
Shi was born on 8 September 1989 in Chongqing, Sichuan (now Chongqing municipality) as an only child before immigrating to Canada at the age of two with her parents.{{cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/movies/animation-is-filmmaking-in-slow-motion-how-domee-shi-made-bao-pixars-latest-must-see-short|title=Animation is filmmaking in slow motion': How Domee Shi made Bao, Pixar's latest must-see short|last1=Knight|first1=Chris|date=June 15, 2018|work=National Post|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230521122838/https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/movies/animation-is-filmmaking-in-slow-motion-how-domee-shi-made-bao-pixars-latest-must-see-short|archive-date=May 21, 2023|accessdate=September 14, 2018|url-status=live}} She spent six months in Newfoundland before moving to Toronto, where she grew up learning about art from her father.{{Cite web |url=http://www.theanimatedjourney.com/2016/03/08/episode-003-interview-with-domee-shi-pixar-story-artist/ |title=Ep. 003: Domee Shi – Pixar Story Artist|website=The Animated Journey|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030035729/http://www.theanimatedjourney.com/2016/03/08/episode-003-interview-with-domee-shi-pixar-story-artist/|archive-date=October 30, 2018|access-date=October 29, 2018|url-status=live}} She was influenced by her father, who had been a college professor of fine arts and a landscape painter in China.{{Cite web|url=https://supchina.com/2018/07/17/qa-with-domee-shi-pixar-director-of-bao/|title=Bringing a dumpling to life: Q&A with Domee Shi, Pixar director of 'Bao' - SupChina|website=supchina.com|date=July 17, 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819164039/https://supchina.com/2018/07/17/qa-with-domee-shi-pixar-director-of-bao/|archive-date=August 19, 2020|access-date=October 29, 2018|url-status=live}} Shi took inspiration and guidance from her mother's personality when directing Bao and Turning Red. Shi recalls that "My Chinese mom was always making sure I never wandered away too far, that I was safe." One such moment, that eventually made its way into Turning Red, was when Shi was in her adolescence: at a time when she wanted to fit in with her peers, Shi and her friends were together at school when one of them spotted Shi's mother lurking behind a tree, making sure Shi was doing alright.{{Cite web |last=Landau |first=Emily |date=2022-03-08 |title=How director Domee Shi turned Toronto into a pastel Pixar wonderland |url=https://torontolife.com/culture/how-domee-shi-turning-red-became-new-pixar-superstar/ |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=Toronto Life |language=en-US}} During her childhood, Shi watched many Studio Ghibli and Disney films, which exposed her to Asian cinema and animation.{{Cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-bao-domee-shi-pixar-20180616-story.html|title=How 'Bao' director Domee Shi stayed true to her 'weird' idea and created a specifically Asian story - Los Angeles Times|last=Brown|first=Tracy|website=Los Angeles Times|date=June 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606031234/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-bao-domee-shi-pixar-20180616-story.html|archive-date=June 6, 2020|access-date=October 29, 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Liu |first1=Karon |title=Pixar's new animated short pays tribute to moms, Chinese food and Toronto |url=https://www.thestar.com/life/2018/06/12/pixars-new-animated-short-pays-tribute-to-moms-chinese-food-and-toronto.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309132520/https://www.thestar.com/life/2018/06/12/pixars-new-animated-short-pays-tribute-to-moms-chinese-food-and-toronto.html|archive-date=March 9, 2022|accessdate=September 15, 2018|work=Toronto Star|date=June 12, 2018|url-status=live}}
As a high school student, Shi watched anime, read manga, and became the Vice President of her school's anime club. She joined online art communities and uploaded her fan artwork to DeviantArt.{{cite web|last1=Taylor|first1=Noah H.|title=Pixar Story Artist Domee Shi Interview|url=http://dorkshelf.com/2015/06/15/pixar-story-artist-domee-shi-interview/|website=DorkShelf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222183714/http://dorkshelf.com/2015/06/15/pixar-story-artist-domee-shi-interview/|archive-date=February 22, 2016|accessdate=September 14, 2018 |date=June 15, 2015|url-status=live}} This became her first exposure to an environment of like-minded people that helped her establish a network with other artists. "I could follow artists, and I could email them. In the past, you'd have to be in California or know a guy who was friends with this other guy that worked at Disney or something," said Shi.{{Cite magazine|last=Roper|first=Caitlin|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/24/magazine/domee-shi-thinks-kids-can-handle-dark-stories.html|title=Domee Shi Thinks Kids Can Handle Dark Stories|date=July 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728053605/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/24/magazine/domee-shi-thinks-kids-can-handle-dark-stories.html|archive-date=July 28, 2018|access-date=October 29, 2018|magazine=New York Times Magazine|url-status=live}} Thus Shi was inspired to enroll at Sheridan College for her post-secondary education.
At Sheridan, Shi studied animation, graduating in 2011. During her second year at Sheridan, she enrolled in a course taught by Nancy Beiman, whose class she credits for her pursuit of storyboarding. Shi created a short film for an assignment during her last year at Sheridan. In 2009, she undertook an internship with Chuck Gammage Animation as a clean-up artist, inbetweener, storyboard artist, and animator.{{Cite web|url=http://sheridansun.sheridanc.on.ca/2018/09/26/life-after-sheridan-animator-domee-shi/|title=Life After Sheridan: Animator Domee Shi – The Sheridan Sun|website=sheridansun.sheridanc.on.ca|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810163446/https://sheridansun.sheridanc.on.ca/2018/09/26/life-after-sheridan-animator-domee-shi/|archive-date=August 10, 2022|access-date=October 30, 2018|url-status=live}}
Career
After graduating, Shi worked briefly as a cartooning instructor with an emphasis on character design and comic book creation. In 2011, she accepted a three-month internship at Pixar as a storyboard artist. This was her second attempt (her father was the one who encouraged her to apply again),{{Cite web |last=Liu |first=Jennifer |date=2022-03-12 |title=Domee Shi was a Pixar intern 11 years ago—now she's the first woman to solo-direct a feature there |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/12/turning-red-director-domee-shi-was-a-pixar-intern-11-years-ago.html |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=CNBC |language=en}} having initially been turned down by the animation studio and others, such as Disney and DreamWorks. On her internship at Pixar and eventually full-time job, Shi states, "I felt that my voice was valued early on in my career, which is rare."{{Cite web |last=Hogg |first=Trevor |date=October 3, 2022 |title=Domee Shi: The Remarkable Journey of Pixar's First Female Feature Film Director |url=https://www.vfxvoice.com/domee-shi-the-remarkable-journey-0f-pixars-first-female-feature-film-director/ |website=VFX Voice}} Shi wrote an animated webcomic series titled My Food Fantasies in 2014, in which she drew "outlandish" situations involving food.{{cite news|last1=Zack|first1=Jessica|title=Pixar's 'Incredibles 2' short preview 'Bao' powered by women – and food|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/movies/article/Delectable-Bao-is-Pixar-s-first-13007953.php|accessdate=September 22, 2018|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=June 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714204311/https://www.sfchronicle.com/movies/article/Delectable-Bao-is-Pixar-s-first-13007953.php#photo-15747366|archive-date=July 14, 2021|url-status=live}} Shi later said that she developed her interest in writing stories about food while making My Food Fantasies.{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-story-behind-bao-pixars-cutest-short-film-yet/1100-6459905/|work=GameSpot|title=The Story Behind Bao, Pixar's Cutest Short Film Yet|last=Rougeau|first=Michael|date=June 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216142917/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-story-behind-bao-pixars-cutest-short-film-yet/1100-6459905/|archive-date=December 16, 2021|url-status=live}} The first feature film she worked on with Pixar was Inside Out (2015), on which she served as a storyboard artist. After briefly working on The Good Dinosaur, Shi began working on Toy Story 4 in 2015 (the film where she joined Pixar's Senior Creative Team). She also drew storyboards for the 2018 film Incredibles 2, where she worked on a sequence featuring the characters Jack-Jack and Edna Mode.{{cite web|last1=Desowitz|first1=Bill|title='Bao': Pixar Finally Welcomes Female Empowerment into Its Shorts Program|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/06/bao-pixar-female-empowerment-shorts-program-1201972759/|website=IndieWire|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613193525/https://www.indiewire.com/2018/06/bao-pixar-female-empowerment-shorts-program-1201972759/|archive-date=June 13, 2018|accessdate=September 22, 2018|date=June 12, 2018|url-status=live}}
On her career as a Chinese Canadian female director, Shi says that through her work as a filmmaker, she strives for the industry to reach the point where people are identified first as artists, and second by gender and ethnicity, stating that it gets old fast when she gets asked how it feels to be an Asian woman. "My first identity is that I'm a nerd! I just wanted to make something that I could nerd out about with my colleagues and friends, and share with other nerdy people around the world."
=Directing=
The short film Bao (2018) was developed as a "side-project" before and during Shi's full-time work on Inside Out. Bao, alongside two other projects, was eventually pitched to her mentor, Pete Docter, and Pixar for support. Bao was approved in 2015, making Shi the first woman to direct a short film for the studio.{{Cite news|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-bao-went-from-a-quiet-idea-to-pixars-first-female-directed-short-film-2018-04-26|title=She was one of the only women in the story room for 'Inside Out.' Now she's the first woman to direct a Pixar short|last=Chai|first=Barbara|work=MarketWatch|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428003349/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-bao-went-from-a-quiet-idea-to-pixars-first-female-directed-short-film-2018-04-26|archive-date=April 28, 2018|access-date=October 24, 2018|language=en-US|url-status=live}} The eight-minute short debuted at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, where it preceded Incredibles 2 in theaters.{{Cite web|url=https://www.themarysue.com/domee-shi-bao/|title=Domee Shi Will Be the First Woman to Direct a Pixar Short Film with Bao|website=The Mary Sue|date=March 30, 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318020310/https://www.themarysue.com/domee-shi-bao/|archive-date=March 18, 2022|access-date=October 24, 2018|url-status=live}} Shi won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for Bao,{{Cite web |date=February 24, 2019 |title=Oscars 2019: Complete Winners List |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscar-winners-2019-updating-live-1178560 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304081808/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/oscar-winners-2019-updating-live-1178560 |archive-date=March 4, 2021 |access-date=June 28, 2021 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}} becoming the first woman of color to win the award.{{cite web|last=Yglesias|first=Matthew|url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/2/24/18239135/2019-oscars-milestones-black-panther-roma|title=Oscars 2019 milestones: Black Panther and Roma broke boundaries|publisher=Vox|date= February 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225113915/https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/2/24/18239135/2019-oscars-milestones-black-panther-roma|archive-date=February 25, 2019|access-date=February 25, 2019|url-status=live}}
On May 8, 2018, it was reported that Shi was directing a feature film at Pixar.{{Cite web|url=https://www.southwestmag.com/domee-shi/|title=The Art of Animation|date=January 1, 2019|website=Southwest: The Magazine|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110041737/https://www.southwestmag.com/domee-shi/|archive-date=November 10, 2019|access-date=June 21, 2020|url-status=live}} On November 26, 2018, Shi confirmed that she was working on a film at the studio.{{cite news|last1=Grobar|first1=Matt|title=The First Woman To Direct An Oscar-Contending Pixar Short, 'Bao's Domee Shi Is On Her Way To First Feature Project|url=https://deadline.com/2018/11/bao-domee-shi-pixar-oscars-animation-interview-1202508540/|accessdate=June 21, 2020|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810171922/https://deadline.com/2018/11/bao-domee-shi-pixar-oscars-animation-interview-1202508540/|archive-date=August 10, 2022|url-status=live}} Shi also said that the film was in early stages of development, with the story still being worked on, and that she was "really excited to play in this new 90-minute film format." On January 1, 2019, Shi said that she planned the film to be "entertaining and emotional." On December 9, 2020, Shi's film was announced with the title Turning Red.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/chris-evans-buzz-lightyear-toy-story-pixar-1234851296/|title=Chris Evans to Voice Buzz Lightyear in Pixar's 'Lightyear,' Disney Announces 'Encanto' With Music by Lin-Manuel Miranda|date=December 10, 2020|website=Variety|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810173123/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/chris-evans-buzz-lightyear-toy-story-pixar-1234851296/|archive-date=August 10, 2022|access-date=December 11, 2020|url-status=live}} It was originally scheduled to be released in theaters on March 11, 2022, but due to rising cases of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, it was instead released direct-to-streaming on Disney+ on the same date.{{cite news|last1=Gartenberg|first1=Chaim|title=Pixar's Turning Red asks 'What if the Hulk turned into an adorable, giant red panda instead?' |url=https://www.theverge.com/22575165/turning-red-disney-pixar-trailer-panda-release-date |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527153940/https://www.theverge.com/22575165/turning-red-disney-pixar-trailer-panda-release-date|archive-date=May 27, 2022|access-date=July 15, 2021|publisher=The Verge|date=July 13, 2021|url-status=live}} Disney said Turning Red was the number one streaming title on Disney+, and in early April 2022, Pixar promoted Shi to vice president of creative, alongside Andrew Stanton, Peter Sohn and Dan Scanlon.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/pixar-turning-red-lindsey-collins-domee-shi-promotions-1235225493/amp/|title=Pixar Promotes 'Turning Red' Filmmakers Lindsey Collins, Domee Shi to Leadership Roles (EXCLUSIVE)|date=April 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421231757/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/pixar-turning-red-lindsey-collins-domee-shi-promotions-1235225493/amp/|archive-date=April 21, 2022|url-status=live}} With Turning Red{{'}}s success, Shi has officially become the first woman to solo direct a film in Pixar's 36-year history.
On October 5, 2022, Shi was confirmed to be developing another original Pixar feature film. The Variety article states that Shi would not be focusing on the trials and tribulations of mother-daughter relationships in immigrant families for her new film.{{cite news|last1=Barker|first1=Andrew|title=Turning Red's Domee Shi Draws From Her Past|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/features/domee-shi-turning-red-pixar-1235389199/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005192950/https://variety.com/2022/film/features/domee-shi-turning-red-pixar-1235389199/|archive-date=October 5, 2022|access-date=October 8, 2022|work=Variety|date=October 5, 2022|url-status=live}} On June 12, 2024, Pixar's Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter revealed that Shi was working on Elio, set for release on June 13, 2025.{{cite web|date=June 12, 2024|title=Pete Docter previews Pixar's future: Inside Out Disney+ series, more Monsters, Inc., and more|url=https://ew.com/pixar-future-pete-docter-interview-inside-out-series-monsters-inc-sequel-8662040|access-date=June 14, 2024|website=EW|language=en-US}} In August 2024, Shi was officially confirmed to be directing the film alongside Madeline Sharafian, replacing original director Adrian Molina. Elio will be Shi's next project before her next as-of-yet untitled original film.{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Drew |date=August 10, 2024 |title=Pixar Chief Pete Docter Talks New 'Elio' Directors, Story and Casting Changes {{!}} Exclusive |url=https://www.thewrap.com/elio-pixar-new-directors-story-cast-changes-pete-docter/ |access-date=August 10, 2024 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US}}
Influences
Shi is influenced by her father's art, as he was her art teacher while growing up. "Like, I asked him what he thought [of the film] and he said, 'I really liked it, but I also have notes for you.' And I was like, Ah, that's my classic dad," Shi said.
In an interview with Now Magazine, Shi said that the animated films My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999) and Spirited Away (2001) were her influences when creating Bao.{{cite news|last1=Wilner|first1=Norman|title=Toronto-raised Pixar director bows with Bao|url=https://nowtoronto.com/movies/features/bao-pixar-domee-shi-toronto/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307194132/https://nowtoronto.com/movies/news-features/bao-pixar-domee-shi-toronto|archive-date=March 7, 2022|accessdate=September 15, 2018|work=Now|date=June 15, 2018|url-status=live}} Her parents, however, were her biggest influences when directing Bao.{{Citation |title=Domee Shi ('Bao') on her parents' influence on Animated Short contender {{!}} GOLD DERBY |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvOGHJRtR1Y |access-date=2024-03-19 |language=en}} Shi notes that her mother's overprotectiveness towards her when she was young was the major inspiration for the animated short, and particularly for the ending, in which Shi says, "I wanted to use this short as a way to explore that relationship between an over-protective mom and a baby dumpling and show how the bittersweetness of letting something go even though you love it so much."{{Cite web |last=Bright |first=Charles |date=2018-12-26 |title=Domee Shi ('Bao') on her parents' influence for Animated Short contender [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW] |url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2018/domee-shi-bao-pixar-animated-short-video-interview-news/ |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=GoldDerby |language=en-US}}
For Turning Red, Shi was inspired by the teenage girl's experience in navigating adolescence and all the weirdness that comes with it, incorporating her own personal experiences and aspects of her hometown, Toronto. In an interview with The New York Times, Shi says, "It's a side of teen girls that you never got to see. We are just as awkward and sweaty and lusty and excited as any boy."{{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Brooks |date=March 7, 2022 |title=With 'Turning Red,' a Big Red Panda Helps Break a Glass Ceiling |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/07/movies/turning-red-movie-interview-domee-shi.html |website=The New York Times}} For the film, Shi was also inspired to include a more diverse cast, with an article by Vanity Fair stating as such: "Shi was also vigilant about creating a diverse cast of human characters to surround Mei, including her Chinese Canadian family and multicultural Asian friends."{{Cite magazine |date=2022-03-09 |title=With Turning Red, Domee Shi Explores Uncharted Animated Waters |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/03/domee-shi-turning-red-pixar-interview |access-date=2024-03-19 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}} During production, Shi was also careful to avoid the trope of 'characters of color being turned into nonhuman forms' in Turning Red by giving the giant red panda that Mei turns into a metaphorical meaning. Shi says it's "a metaphor for all the messiness inside of her that wants to come out."
Shi says that most of her ideas come from specific cultures around her. Because audiences started to appreciate other stories with different background and culture after Sanjay's Super Team and Coco, Shi thinks it important to draw upon various sources and backgrounds in order to create uniqueness in film.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}}
Filmography
=Feature films=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Director ! Writer ! Pixar Senior |
|---|
| rowspan=2 | 2015
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} |
| The Good Dinosaur
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} |
| 2018
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes|Additional}} | {{No}} |
| 2019
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
| rowspan=2 | 2020
| Onward | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} |
| Soul
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} |
| 2021
| Luca | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} |
| rowspan=2 | 2022
| {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} |
| Lightyear
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} |
| 2023
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} |
| 2024
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} |
| 2025
| Elio | {{Yes}} | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} |
=Short films=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title !Other !Notes |
|---|
| 2018
| Bao | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | Story Artist |
| rowspan=2 | 2019
| Purl | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | Voice of Office Ladies |
| Kitbull
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | Story Trust |
| rowspan=2 | 2021
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | Story Trust |
| Nona
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | Special Thanks |
| 2022
| {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | Special Thanks; Pixar Senior Creative Team |
| 2024
| Self | {{No}} | {{No}} | {{Yes}} | Story Trust |
=Television=
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Animator ! Pixar Senior |
| 2014–2015
| {{Yes}} | {{No}} |
| 2024
| {{No}} | {{Yes}} |
| 2025
| {{No}} | {{Yes}} |
=[[Disney+]] Original Specials=
Awards and nominations
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|7626019}}
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