What is the first Pixar movie directly solely by a woman?

Directed by Domee Shi, Turning Red is the first Pixar movie directly solely by a woman – with an almost entirely female crew. The film’s protagonist, 13-year-old Meilin Lee (voiced by Rosalie Chiang), is a Chinese-Canadian eighth-grader in the throes of puberty. The film was released on March 11, 2022._x000D_

Who was the first woman to direct an animated feature from a major studio?

_x000D_Brenda Chapman, co-director of Pixar’s Brave (2012), became the first woman to direct an animated feature from a major studio in 1998 when she helmed DreamWorks Animation’s The Prince of Egypt.