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Born: 8 September 1989 · Age: 37
Domee Shi is 37 years old as of October 2026. She was born on 8 September 1989.
Canadian animator who won an Oscar for the Pixar short Bao and directed Turning Red
Did you know?She was born in Chongqing and moved to Toronto as a young child.
Domee Shi brought fresh, personal stories to Pixar. She studied animation in Toronto. She joined the studio as a story artist. Her short film about a dumpling child won an Oscar. She then directed a feature about a girl who turns into a giant red panda. It drew on her own Chinese-Canadian upbringing. She is one of Pixar's leading creative voices. She later became a vice president of creative at Pixar.
Domee Shi (Chinese: 石之予; pinyin: Shí Zhīyǔ; born September 8, 1989) is a Canadian animator, filmmaker, screenwriter, and voice actress. She has directed the short film Bao (2018) and the feature films Turning Red (2022) and Elio (2025).
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Canadian animator and filmmaker, born 1989
Domee Shi was born in Chongqing on 8 September 1989.
She won an Academy Award for the Pixar short Bao in 2019.
She directed Turning Red in 2022.
She was the first woman to direct a Pixar short film.
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