"Everyone's super jazzed," Shi said when reached at the California studio where she passed the trophy around to co-workers for photos and selfies.
She gushed over getting to view the glitzy gala firsthand, marvelling over how quickly the sets change, the army of camera people amid the audience, and the many backstage rooms where winners can call loved ones and address hundreds of waiting journalists.
The Sheridan College graduate is the first female director to helm a Pixar short but says she's proud to now be among several at the studio -- including fellow Canadian animator Kristen Lester, who just released her short film "Purl" through the company's experimental shorts program.
You have to be kidding . 😎
It’s a terrible tragedy that the artists of today have zero ideas for “change” within art itself- she’s not referring to changing narrative structures or experimenting with CGI. Far from it. She wants only to propagandize which doesn’t make you an artist, it makes you a marketer.