Joe Ranft
Date of birth: 1960-03-13
Place of birth: Pasadena, California, USA
Known for: Writing
Also known as:
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.
Movie Credits
Finding Nemo
2003-05-30
Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a de
Monsters, Inc.
2001-11-01
Lovable Sulley and his wisecracking sidekick Mike Wazowski are the top scare team at Monsters, Inc.,
The Inspiration for 'Cars'
2006-11-07
Short featurette about the inspiration behind Pixar's "Cars".
A Bug's Life
1998-11-25
On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs
The Nightmare Before Christmas
1993-10-09
Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spin
The Sweatbox
2002-09-13
Trudie Styler, a documentarian, had been allowed to film the production of 'Kingdom of the Sun'/'The
The Pixar Story
2007-08-28
A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's p
Waking Sleeping Beauty
2009-09-05
By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists
Cars
2006-06-08
Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the jou
Hansel and Gretel
1983-10-31
Tim Burton's reimagined classic combines live action and stop motion, making for a creepy adventure
The Brave Little Toaster
1987-07-09
A group of dated appliances, finding themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just
Toy Story 2
1999-10-30
Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear wh
The Incredibles
2004-11-05
Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three
Monkeybone
2001-02-23
After a car crash sends repressed cartoonist Stu into a coma, he and the mischievous Monkeybone, his
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
2000-08-08
Buzz Lightyear must battle Emperor Zurg with the help of three hopefuls who insist on being his part
Toy Story
1995-11-22
Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto
Elf
2003-11-07
When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North P
A Night at the Roxbury
1998-10-01
Despite being well into adulthood, brothers Doug and Steve Butabi still live at home and work in the
Making 'Toy Story'
1995-12-02
Documentary of the making of the groundbreaking Disney/Pixar animated hit movie.