Joe Ranft

Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Known Credits

19

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.

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Known For

Finding Nemo
7.8%

Finding Nemo

May 30, 2003

Monsters, Inc.
7.8%

Monsters, Inc.

Nov 1, 2001

Toy Story
8.0%

Toy Story

Nov 22, 1995

The Incredibles
7.7%

The Incredibles

Oct 27, 2004

Cars
7.0%

Cars

Jun 8, 2006

Toy Story 2
7.6%

Toy Story 2

Oct 30, 1999

A Bug's Life
7.0%

A Bug's Life

Nov 25, 1998

Elf
6.7%

Elf

Nov 7, 2003

A Night at the Roxbury
6.5%

A Night at the Roxbury

Oct 1, 1998

Monkeybone
5.1%

Monkeybone

Feb 23, 2001

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Acting

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)
2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins as Wheezy (voice)
1999
Toy Story 2 as Wheezy (voice)
1998
A Bug's Life as Heimlich / Additional Voices (voice)
1998
A Night at the Roxbury as Hottie Dancer
1995
Making 'Toy Story' as Himself
1995
Toy Story as Lenny the Binoculars (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

Art

1991
Drop Dead Fred as Title Designer
1987
The Brave Little Toaster as Storyboard Artist

Crew

2006
Cars as In Memory Of
2005
Corpse Bride as In Memory Of
2001
Monsters, Inc. as Additional Writing
2000
The Emperor's New Groove as Thanks
1997
Geri's Game as Thanks
1990
Next Door as Thanks
1989
Palm Springs as Thanks
1988
Winter as Thanks

Directing

2006
Cars as Script Supervisor
2006
Cars as Co-Director
1979
Good Humor as Director

Production

2005
Corpse Bride as Executive Producer

Visual Effects

1979
Good Humor as Animation

Writing

Swabbies as Writer
2006
Mater and the Ghostlight as Original Story
2006
Cars as Screenplay
2006
Cars as Original Story
1999
Toy Story 2 as Story Supervisor
1998
A Bug's Life as Story
1997
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue as Characters
1995
Toy Story as Story Supervisor
1995
Toy Story as Original Story
1994
The Lion King as Story
1991
Beauty and the Beast as Story
1990
The Rescuers Down Under as Screenplay
1990
The Rescuers Down Under as Story Supervisor
1989
The Little Mermaid as Storyboard
1988
Oliver & Company as Story
1988
Die Reis Na Blinkliggiestad as Screenplay
1987
The Brave Little Toaster as Screenplay
1987
The Brave Little Toaster as Screenstory
1987
Sport Goofy in Soccermania as Story
1982
Fun with Mr. Future as Story
1979
Good Humor as Writer
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