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It has been an incredible decade for animator and director Domee Shi. Beginning as a story intern at Pixar in 2011, she was promoted in April of this year to Vice President of Creative for the company where she has spent her entire professional career. She also won an Academy Award and directed a feature film along the way.
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Each year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominates five short films for the Best Animation Oscar. This year’s compilation offers diversity. From hand drawn to computer animation, with everything from muted to vibrant colors, realistic to surreal scenes, these five Oscar nominees testify to the wide range of subjects and styles gracing animation.
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Domee Shi, who helmed the charming, innovative and heartfelt Disney/Pixar short film Bao, is going to make her feature debut for Pixar. The as yet unnamed project is in development. Shi will be just the second woman director to helm a Pixar feature.
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Golden Globe winner Keri Russell is reportedly in talks to head to a galaxy far, far away in Star Wars:
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