As the film’s credits begin to flash and the dimmed lights in the theater slowly turn on, animator Bruce Kuei feels nothing but contentment and pride as he watches the audience whisper admiringly about the emotional impact and technical quality of his latest work. As an animator who occasionally serves as the Fix Animation Lead at Pixar, Kuei has worked on numerous beloved animated films — “Coco,” “Inside Out” and “Ratatouille” to name a few — and believes that connecting with audiences through film is what being an animator is all about. One way that Kuei has impacted and bonded with communities is by working on ethnically diverse films, such as 2022’s “Turning Red.” “There’s nothing more rewarding than when a movie is over and you hear sniffles, or people crying,”...