Apr 6, 2022

-Turning Red” producer Lindsey Collins and director Dommy See promoted to leadership roles at Pixar.

Pixar Animation Studios has promoted Turning Red producer Lindsey Collins (pictured above left) to senior vice president of development and director Dommy See (pictured above right) to vice president of creative.

Collins, who has been with the studio for two and a half decades, will lead Pixar's development group for both feature and streaming. She will join Pixar's Creative VP team, which supports Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter. Collins will report directly to Pixar President Jim Morris.

Collins said of his appointment:

Looking back on my 25 years at Pixar, my pride and gratitude are only surpassed by my excitement to step into this new role. Pixar has always been a place that seeks to delight and surprise audiences, and I am excited to further that legacy and help shape what comes next with some of the most diverse, unique, and inspiring filmmakers and voice actors working today.

Cee joins Pixar's “Brintrust,” where she will work with fellow directors Andrew Stanton, Peter Thorne, and Vice President Dan Scanlon to help Pixar filmmakers in their productions. She will report directly to Morris and Drs.

Notably, the other names on that list are all men. After writing and directing a Pixar feature film, Shea joins a group of well-known minds that may pave the way for female directors to take on similar roles at Pixar in the future.

In a recent interview with Bloomberg Businessweek, Jessica Heit, manager of Pixar's feature film division, discussed how far the company has come since she was a freelance reader, when she was appalled that the overwhelming majority of characters in Pixar films were male She spoke about the following.

“Every project that is being developed looks at diversity, representation at all levels,” she said. The appointment of Collins and Shea represents an off-camera step in this direction.

The appointment of Collins and Shea was announced by Variety.