Osnat Shurer

Osnat Shurer is an Israel-born film producer, best known for the Walt Disney Animation Studios films Moana (2016) and Raya and the Last Dragon (2021). Shurer first joined Disney in 2012, working with filmmakers to move features and shorts through the creative process.

As producer, Shurer helps manage her films through story, script, music and casting and leads the productions’ partnerships with publicity, marketing and consumer products. Shurer also created the Oceanic Story Trust (Moana) and the Southeast Asia Story Trust (Raya and the Last Dragon) – teams of Pacific Island and Southeast Asia consultants with whom production collaborated closely throughout the making of both films.

Previously, Shurer served as the Executive Producer of the shorts group at Pixar, responsible for short films. While at Pixar, Shurer produced or executive produced a variety of hit shorts, including the Oscar®-nominated films Boundin' (2003), One Man Band (2005) and Lifted (2006).

Shurer’s duties at Pixar also included creating an in-house documentary team to produce DVD content, overseeing the development of theme park attractions, and developing and producing video shorts like Jack-Jack Attack, The Adventures of Mr. Incredible and Exploring the Reef with Jean-Michel Cousteau with visionary directors Brad Bird and Andrew Stanton.

At Pixar, Shurer was also responsible for assisting in the creation of several cutting-edge multimedia shows, including MoMA's Pixar: 20 Years of Animation, which opened in 2006 and continues to travel the world. It features Artscape, an immersive widescreen projection space that provides viewers with a unique digital artistic experience, and Zoetrope, a 3D dynamic installation using pre-cinema tech – dimensional character sculptures to simulate continuous motion.