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title: 'Turning Red (2022)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Domee Shi'
released: '2022-03-10'
runtime_minutes: 100
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Animation'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Family'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/turning-red-2022'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8097030/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Turning Red (2022)

2022 · PG · 100 min · Fantasy, Comedy, Animation, Adventure, Family · United States

Part of: list of Pixar films

## Synopsis

Turning Red is a 2022 American animated coming-of-age fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Domee Shi and written by Shi and Julia Cho. Produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures, it marks the first Pixar feature film solely directed by a female director. It stars the voices of Rosalie Chiang, Sandra Oh, Ava Morse, Hyein Park, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, and Orion Lee. Set in Toronto, Ontario in 2002, the film follows Meilin "Mei" Lee (Chiang), a 13-year-old Chinese-Canadian student who transforms into a giant red panda when she experiences any strong emotion, due to a hereditary curse.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Domee Shi](https://cinepixo.com/people/domee-shi)
- **Screenplay:** [Domee Shi](https://cinepixo.com/people/domee-shi), [Julia Cho](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-cho), [Sarah Streicher](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarah-streicher)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ludwig Göransson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ludwig-goransson)
- **Producer:** [Lindsey Collins](https://cinepixo.com/people/lindsey-collins)
- **Director of Photography:** [Mahyar Abousaeedi](https://cinepixo.com/people/mahyar-abousaeedi), [Jonathan Pytko](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-pytko)
- **Editor:** [Nicholas C. Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-c-smith), [Steve Bloom](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-bloom-2)

## Cast

- [Wai Ching Ho](https://cinepixo.com/people/wai-ching-ho) as Wu Lee
- [Finneas O'Connell](https://cinepixo.com/people/finneas-o-connell) as Jesse
- [Jordan Fisher](https://cinepixo.com/people/jordan-fisher) as Robaire
- [James Hong](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-hong) as Mr. Gao
- [Rosalie Chiang](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosalie-chiang) as Meilin "Mei" Lee
- [Maitreyi Ramakrishnan](https://cinepixo.com/people/maitreyi-ramakrishnan) as Priya
- [Josh Levi](https://cinepixo.com/people/josh-levi) as Aaron Z.
- [Lori Tan Chinn](https://cinepixo.com/people/lori-tan-chinn) as Auntie Chen
- [Sasha Roiz](https://cinepixo.com/people/sasha-roiz)
- [Sandra Oh](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandra-oh) as Ming Lee

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Official site: https://movies.disney.com/turning-red
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/turning-red-2022
Film facts: Wikidata (Q104845027); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.