133 | Turning Red Writers Domee Shi and Julia Cho Discuss Personal Storytelling Techniques

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna

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4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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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 OUT. In 2015 she began pitching ideas for short films, and soon was green lit to write and direct BAO which won the Academy Award® for Best Animated Short Film. Shi most recently made her feature film directorial debut on TURNING RED which was also Oscar-nominated. Her TURNING RED co-writer Julia Cho began her career in the New York Theater scene, writing a number of celebrated plays which scored her the Windham-Campbell Literary Prize in 2020 celebrating her body of her work. Her work as a playwright earned her spots in a number of prestigious writers' rooms including BIG LOVE, HALT AND CATCH FIRE, and PAPER GIRLS, which she co-executive produced. JOIN OUR PATREON: www.patreon.com/thescreenwritinglife

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, I'm Meg Lafour.
0:05.0	And I'm L'Orian McKenna and welcome back to the show.
0:09.6	Today we are chatting with turning red writers Julia Cho and Domi She and
0:13.7	Domi also directed the film. So Domi began as a story intern at Pixar
0:18.6	animation studios in June of 2011 and was soon hired as a story artist and the Academy Award winning feature film Inside Out.
0:27.0	In 2015 she began pitching ideas for short films and was greenlit to write and direct Bao, which won the Academy Award for Best animated Short
0:35.0	film. She most recently made her feature film directorial debut on Turning Red, which was also Oscar
0:41.7	nominated. Her attorney-red co-writer, Julia, began her career in the New York Theater World,
0:48.0	writing a number of celebrated plays which scored her the Wyndham Campbell Literary Prize in 2020
0:54.3	celebrating her body of work. Her work as a playwright earned her spots in a number of
0:59.1	prestigious writers rooms including Big Love, Halt, and Catch Fire, and Paper Girls, which she co-executive produced.
1:07.2	So welcome.
1:09.2	Domey and Julia, we're so excited to have you here.
1:12.8	Thank you.
1:13.7	So good to be here.
1:15.2	Yeah.
1:16.4	So let's, because there's two of you, and this is a podcast.
1:19.8	Let's, can you guys introduce yourself
1:21.4	so people know whose voice is which?
1:23.0	I'm Julia Cho. I don't know if my voice sounds that different from Domi's but
1:28.1	maybe she can throw in some Canadianisms that way you'll know which one is which
1:31.6	because I am not from Canada. I'm the non-Canadian one.
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