And then working with Pete Docter on Soul after that, I did know that it was the product that I wanted to go onto after Toy Story, being the first Black animated film, and really wanted to showcase and utilize as much of my talents as possible for that.
I was an intern in 2016 and from there I got hired on to work on Toy Story 4.
So just really trying to work with Pete Docter to make it feel authentic, while at the same time, this is a great experience to show my creative side because it’s the world of souls and it’s so open and free form.
It was my first job and that was basically learning the ropes, how to direct, and because I came on when we were only a year away [from releasing Toy Story 4] I think it helped propel me to speak up and try to get things moving as fast as possible so that we could produce a good film under the timeline that we had.