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Nov 24, 2021 · November 24, 2021. By Julie Jacobs. With the release of Disney’s Encanto, Charise Castro Smith ( The Haunting of Hill House, Devious Maids) has broken through not one but two ceilings: as the first Latina to receive a directing credit on a Disney animated feature, and only the second woman ever to do so. “I am glad this milestone has been ...
Dec 1, 2021 · Charise Castro Smith’s first professional play was staged at Portland’s Milagro Theatre. Alex Kang/Disney. When Encanto directors Byron Howard and Jared Bush pitched Castro Smith the...
Nov 24, 2021 · Encanto: Directed by Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Charise Castro Smith. With Stephanie Beatriz, María Cecilia Botero, John Leguizamo, Mauro Castillo. A Colombian teenage girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers.
Oct 15, 2021 · By Sigal Ratner-Arias. Published 12:46 PM PDT, October 15, 2021. NEW YORK (AP) — Charise Castro Smith, the first Latino woman to co-direct a Walt Disney Animation Studios movie, admits that she has felt terrified at times. But when the chance to work on “Encanto” came around, she had no doubts.
Oct 9, 2021 · In figuring out what character received what gift, writer and co-director Charise Castro Smith explains, “We realized that if the family in our story lived in one of those magical encantos, maybe the children born there would be special — but special in a way that is a nod to family dynamics that we can all relate to, that we all know ...
Nov 24, 2021 · Directors Byron Howard and Jared Bush and co-director Charise Castro Smith walk TheWrap through the 5-year process of getting the film made. Photo: Disney. Drew Taylor. November 24, 2021 @...
Sep 28, 2022 · Encanto ’s Charise Castro Smith on Why Representation Matters. In a conversation with Oprah Daily’s Gayle King, the co-director and co-writer talks about why making the blockbuster movie was so important and how her own grandparent served as inspiration. By Shirley Velasquez Published: Sep 28, 2022. Save Article.
