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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Joe Ranft Biography / Wiki
| Name | Joe Ranft |
| Also Know | |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Writing |
| Place of Birth | Pasadena, California, U.S. |
| Date of Birth | March 13, 1960 |
| Age(as in 2023 Feb) | 45 |
| Deathday | 2005-08-16 |
Joe Ranft Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| The Inspiration for ‘Cars’ | 2006-11-07 | Short featurette about the inspiration behind Pixar’s “Cars”…. | |
| The Pixar Story | Self / Heimlich (voice) / Lenny (voice) | 2007-08-28 | A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios – from the success of “Toy Story” and Pixar’s promotion of talented people, to the building of it… |
| Hansel and Gretel | Puppeteer | 1983-10-31 | Tim Burton’s reimagined classic combines live action and stop motion, making for a creepy adventure into the woods. It is known for having aired only … |
| The Brave Little Toaster | Elmo St. Peters (voice) | 1987-07-09 | A group of dated appliances, finding themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold, decide to seek their young 8 year old “mast… |
| A Bug’s Life | Heimlich (voice) | 1998-11-25 | On behalf of “oppressed bugs everywhere,” an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of fre… |
| Finding Nemo | Jacques (voice) | 2003-05-30 | Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist’s office aquarium. It’s up to his worrisome … |
| Making ‘Toy Story’ | Self | 1995-12-02 | Documentary of the making of the groundbreaking Disney/Pixar animated hit movie…. |
| Cars | Red/Peterbilt (voice) | 2006-06-08 | Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself u… |
| Toy Story 2 | Wheezy the Penguin / Heimlich (voice) | 1999-10-30 | Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, … |
| Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins | Wheezy (voice) | 2000-08-08 | Buzz Lightyear must battle Emperor Zurg with the help of three hopefuls who insist on being his partners…. |
| The Sweatbox | Himself | 2002-09-13 | Trudie Styler, a documentarian, had been allowed to film the production of Kingdom of the Sun/The Emperor’s New Groove as part of the deal that origin… |
| A Night at the Roxbury | Hottie Dancer | 1998-10-01 | Despite being well into adulthood, brothers Doug and Steve Butabi still live at home and work in the flower shop owned by their dad. They exist only t… |
| Waking Sleeping Beauty | Self (archive footage) | 2009-09-05 | By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovat… |
| Toy Story | Lenny the Binoculars (voice) | 1995-10-30 | Led by Woody, Andy’s toys live happily in his room until Andy’s birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy’s he… |
| The Nightmare Before Christmas | Igor (voice) (uncredited) | 1993-10-09 | Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus an… |
| The Incredibles | Additional Voices (voice) | 2004-10-27 | Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbi… |
| Monsters, Inc. | Additional Voices (voice) | 2001-11-01 | James Sullivan and Mike Wazowski are monsters, they earn their living scaring children and are the best in the business… even though they’re more af… |
| Elf | Store Owner (uncredited) | 2003-10-09 | When young Buddy falls into Santa’s gift sack on Christmas Eve, he’s transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa’s help… |
| Monkeybone | Streetsquash Rabbit (voice) | 2001-02-23 | After a car crash sends repressed cartoonist Stu into a coma, he and the mischievous Monkeybone, his hilarious alter-ego, wake up in a wacked-out ways… |
Joe Ranft Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Cars | Script Supervisor | 2006-06-08 | Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself u… |
| Cars | Co-Director | 2006-06-08 | Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself u… |
Joe Ranft Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Corpse Bride | Executive Producer | 2005-09-12 | Set in a 19th-century European village, this stop-motion animation feature follows the story of Victor, a young man whisked away to the underworld and… |
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Cars | Screenplay | 2006-06-08 | Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself u… |
| Beauty and the Beast | Story | 1991-10-22 | Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who’s been turned into a mysterious beast. With the h… |
| The Rescuers Down Under | Screenplay | 1990-11-16 | A lawless poacher wants to capture a majestic and rare golden eagle, so he kidnaps the boy who knows where to find the bird. Not to worry — the Rescu… |
| A Bug’s Life | Story | 1998-11-25 | On behalf of “oppressed bugs everywhere,” an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of fre… |
| Mater and the Ghostlight | Original Story | 2006-07-27 | Mater, the rusty but trusty tow truck from Cars, spends a day in Radiator Springs playing scary pranks on his fellow townsfolk. That night at Flo’s V8… |
| Fun with Mr. Future | Story | 1982-10-26 | An animatronic talking-head replica of Abraham Lincoln (voiced by Phil Proctor) hosts a tour of what the future will look like…. |
| The Brave Little Toaster | Screenplay | 1987-07-09 | A group of dated appliances, finding themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold, decide to seek their young 8 year old “mast… |
| The Brave Little Toaster | Screenstory | 1987-07-09 | A group of dated appliances, finding themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold, decide to seek their young 8 year old “mast… |
| Cars | Original Story | 2006-06-08 | Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself u… |
| The Little Mermaid | Storyboard | 1989-11-17 | This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everyt… |
| Toy Story | Original Story | 1995-10-30 | Led by Woody, Andy’s toys live happily in his room until Andy’s birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy’s he… |
| The Lion King | Story | 1994-06-23 | A young lion prince is cast out of his pride by his cruel uncle, who claims he killed his father. While the uncle rules with an iron paw, the prince g… |
| Sport Goofy in Soccermania | Story | 1987-05-27 | Uncle Scrooge donates an old beat-up trophy for Huey, Dewey and Louie’s soccer tournament. But when he finds out that it is actually worth a million d… |
| The Rescuers Down Under | Story Supervisor | 1990-11-16 | A lawless poacher wants to capture a majestic and rare golden eagle, so he kidnaps the boy who knows where to find the bird. Not to worry — the Rescu… |
| Toy Story | Story Supervisor | 1995-10-30 | Led by Woody, Andy’s toys live happily in his room until Andy’s birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy’s he… |
Other Info
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| The Brave Little Toaster | Storyboard Artist | 1987-07-09 | A group of dated appliances, finding themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold, decide to seek their young 8 year old “mast… |
| Drop Dead Fred | Title Designer | 1991-04-19 | When Elizabeth returns to her mother’s home after her marriage breaks up, she recreates her imaginary childhood friend, Fred, to escape from the traum… |
| Geri’s Game | Thanks | 1997-11-24 | An aging codger named Geri plays a daylong game of chess in the park against himself. Somehow, he begins losing to his livelier opponent. But just whe… |
| Monsters, Inc. | Additional Writing | 2001-11-01 | James Sullivan and Mike Wazowski are monsters, they earn their living scaring children and are the best in the business… even though they’re more af… |
| Cars | In Memory Of | 2006-06-08 | Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself u… |
| Corpse Bride | In Memory Of | 2005-09-12 | Set in a 19th-century European village, this stop-motion animation feature follows the story of Victor, a young man whisked away to the underworld and… |
| The Emperor’s New Groove | Thanks | 2000-12-15 | Kuzco is a self-centered emperor who summons Pacha from a village and to tell him that his home will be destroyed to make room for Kuzco’s new summer … |
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