Joe Ranft

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1960-03-13

Deathday 2005-08-16 (45 years old)

Place of Birth Pasadena, California, USA

Joe Ranft

Biography

Joseph Henry Ranft (March 13, 1960 – August 16, 2005) was an American screenwriter, animator, storyboard artist and voice actor, who worked for Pixar Animation Studios and Disney at Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disney Television Animation. His younger brother Jerome Ranft is a sculptor who also worked on several Pixar films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe Ranft, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Writer

2006
Cars

as Screenplay

2006
Mater and the Ghostlight

as Original Story

2006
Cars

as Original Story

1999
Toy Story 2

as Story Supervisor

1998
A Bug's Life

as Story

1995
Toy Story

as Story Supervisor

1995
Toy Story

as Story

1994
The Lion King

as Story

1990
1990
The Rescuers Down Under

as Story Supervisor

1989
The Little Mermaid

as Storyboard

1988
1988
1987
1987
1982
1979
Good Humor

as Writer

Actor

2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty

as Himself (archive footage)

2007
The Pixar Story

as Himself/Heimlich (voice)/Lenny (voice)

2006
The Inspiration for 'Cars'

as Self - Co-director

2006
Cars

as Red/Peterbilt (voice)

2004
The Incredibles

as Additional Voices (voice)

2003
Elf

as Store Owner (uncredited)

2003
Finding Nemo

as Jacques (voice)

2002
The Sweatbox

as Himself

2001
Monsters, Inc.

as Additional Voices (voice)

2001
Monkeybone

as Streetsquash Rabbit (voice)

1999
Toy Story 2

as Wheezy / Heimlich (voice)

1998
A Bug's Life

as Heimlich (voice)

1998
A Night at the Roxbury

as Hottie Dancer

1995
1995
Toy Story

as Additional Voices (voice)

1993
The Nightmare Before Christmas

as Igor (voice) (uncredited)

1987
The Brave Little Toaster

as Elmo St. Peters (voice)

1983
Hansel and Gretel

as Puppeteer

Crew

2006
Cars

as In Memory Of

2005
Corpse Bride

as In Memory Of

2001
Monsters, Inc.

as Additional Writing

1997
Geri's Game

as Thanks

1990
Next Door

as Thanks

1989
Palm Springs

as Thanks

1988
Winter

as Thanks

Director

2006
Cars

as Script Supervisor

2006
Cars

as Co-Director

1979
Good Humor

as Director

Art

1991
Drop Dead Fred

as Title Designer

1987
The Brave Little Toaster

as Storyboard Artist

Producer

2005
Corpse Bride

as Executive Producer

Visual Effects

1979
Good Humor

as Animation