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.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 8, 1989 (37)
- Chongqing, China
- Director, writer and actor
- 5 on MovieCove · 8 credits in all
What are Domee Shi's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 4
Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 1 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
A split, not a type: Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Domee Shi's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 5 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on Disney+ (5).
Subscription and free streaming for Domee Shi's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
8 credits, 5 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Hoppers(2026)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Elio(2025)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Turning Red(2022)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Purl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Bao(2018)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Incredibles 2(2018)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Well Being (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Untitled Pixar Musical (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 8 titles, 7 of them dated from 2011 to 2026.
Film career
- 2019Screen debut· Purl
Awards
an Oscar from 5 major nominations, 2019–2026.
- Oscar, nominated · Best Animated Feature Film
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Animated Feature Film
- Oscar, nominated · Best Animated Feature Film
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Animated Feature Film
- Oscar, won · Best Animated Short Film
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Domee Shi's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 91st percentile, the median of all 5; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 81st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 5 titles divides audiences: 3 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 77/100 and the pacing 67/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Domee Shi's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Domee Shi work with?
People who share at least 2 of Domee Shi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Pete Docter shares the most, 3.
Writers
- Julia ChoShared titles: Elio (2025), Turning Red (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Julia Cho
Editors
- Steve BloomShared titles: Elio (2025), Turning Red (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Steve Bloom
Producers
- Pete DocterShared titles: Elio (2025), Turning Red (2022), Bao (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Pete Docter
- Lindsey CollinsShared titles: Elio (2025), Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red (2022), Turning Red (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Lindsey Collins
Mixed roles
- Adrian MolinaShared titles: Elio (2025), Turning Red (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Adrian Molina
