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Apr 2023
55m 32s

133 | Turning Red Writers Domee Shi and ...

MEG LEFAUVE & LORIEN MCKENNA
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Jump behind the scenes with us to experience the highs and lows of producing one of Pixar's most celebrated and subversive films: Turning Red from the minds of Domee Shi and Julia Cho, who wrote it. Domee Shi began as a story intern at Pixar Animation Studios in June 2011, and was soon hired as a story artist on the Academy Award-winning feature film INSIDE ... Show More
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