---
name: "Domee Shi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/domee-shi"
fi1m_id: "domee-shi"
imdb_id: "nm7626019"
tmdb_id: 2009739
wikidata_id: "Q55070915"
roles: ["Director","Writer"]
born: "8 September 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-30T21:55:11.816019+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Domee Shi

## Identity

Domee Shi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/domee-shi
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** domee-shi
- **IMDb ID:** nm7626019
- **TMDB ID:** 2009739
- **Wikidata ID:** Q55070915
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domee_Shi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55070915, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7626019/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2009739

Director and writer. Born 8 September 1989 in Chongqing, China.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer
- **Born:** 8 September 1989, Chongqing, China
- **Active:** 2022–present
- **Also known as:** 도미 시, 石之予, Shi Zhiyu, دومي شي
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Julia Cho](https://film.one/person/julia-cho.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 2 nominated)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domee_Shi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55070915, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7626019/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2009739

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Elio*](https://film.one/film/elio.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Domee Shi (Chinese: 石之予) is a Canadian animator, film director and screenwriter. She joined Pixar Animation Studios in 2011 as a storyboard artist and contributed to films including *Inside Out* (2015), *The Good Dinosaur* (2015), *Incredibles 2* (2018) and *Toy Story 4* (2019).

Shi directed the short film *Bao* (2018), which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. She made her feature debut as director of *Turning Red* (2022) and co-directed *Elio* (2025) with Madeline Sharafian. She is also credited with the story for *Elio*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Directed (1) — the average rests on these

- *Elio* (2025), Fi1m 64, Story, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/elio.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Hoppers* (2026), Fi1m 76, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/hoppers.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hoppers* (2026), Executive Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/hoppers.md)
- *Elio* (2025), Director, Story, ADR & Dubbing — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/elio.md)
- *Turning Red* (2022), Screenplay, Story, Director
- *Purl* (2019), as Office Lady #3 (voice)
- *Bao* (2018), Director, Writer
- *Incredibles 2* (2018), Additional Storyboarding — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/incredibles-2.md)
- *Well Being* (2011), Director
- *Untitled Pixar Musical*, Director

## Gallery

- ![Domee Shi at the 2018 Annecy International Animation Festival](https://film.one/media/person/8370/gallery-36f01fab92a4.jpg) Domee Shi at the 2018 Annecy International Animation Festival — Boungawa, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Domee_Shi.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Domee Shi at the 53rd Saturn Awards 2026](https://film.one/media/person/8370/gallery-c91cf70133c8.jpg) Domee Shi at the 53rd Saturn Awards 2026 — Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Domee_Shi_at_53rd_Saturn_Awards_2026-01.jpg/1280px-Domee_Shi_at_53rd_Saturn_Awards_2026-01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Domee Shi](https://film.one/media/person/8370/gallery-c5f67486f045.jpg) Domee Shi — Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Domee_Shi_at_53rd_Saturn_Awards_2026-01_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Domee Shi at the 53rd Saturn Awards 2026](https://film.one/media/person/8370/gallery-1979cefe3179.jpg) Domee Shi at the 53rd Saturn Awards 2026 — Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Domee_Shi_at_53rd_Saturn_Awards_2026-02.jpg/1280px-Domee_Shi_at_53rd_Saturn_Awards_2026-02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Domee Shi](https://film.one/media/person/8370/gallery-4f0a51b01770.jpg) Domee Shi — Image via TMDB
- ![Domee Shi](https://film.one/media/person/8370/gallery-d25774cccba0.jpg) Domee Shi — Image via TMDB
- ![Domee Shi at the 53rd Saturn Awards 2026](https://film.one/media/person/8370/gallery-1e00c6a81bad.jpg) Domee Shi at the 53rd Saturn Awards 2026 — Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Domee_Shi_at_53rd_Saturn_Awards_2026-02_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 2 nominated

- 2026: Best Animated Feature (nominated), for *Elio*
- 2023: Best Animated Feature (nominated), for *Turning Red*
- 2019: Best Animated Short Film (won), for *Bao*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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