Jerome Edward Ranft is a character sculptor for Pixar Animation Studios. He is the younger brother of the late Pixar storyboard artist Joe Ranft. Jerome joined Pixar in 1997 working as a character sculptor on the short film Geri's Game (1997) and later on Pixar's second movie A Bug's Life (1998), Toy Story 2 (1999), Monsters, Inc. (2001), Finding Nemo (2003), Cars (2006), Ratatouille (2007), Toy Story 3 (2010), and Brave (2012). He stated in an interview that he does not fall in love with just one sculpture he made but all of them, and that, for the character of Sulley, he created over 30 sculptures.
Ranft also provided the voice of the character Gamma in Up (2009) and the short film, Dug's Special Mission and Red in Cars Toons: Tales from Radiator Springs, as well as the voice of the Mover in Henry Selick's Coraline.
Before joining Pixar, he served as a character sculptor for Disney's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) and James and the Giant Peach (1996).
Filmography
| Year
|
Film
|
Position
|
| 1993
|
The Nightmare Before Christmas
|
Character Sculptor
|
| 1996
|
James and the Giant Peach
|
Character Sculptor
|
| 1997
|
Geri's Game
|
Character Sculptor
|
| 1998
|
A Bug's Life
|
Character Sculptor
|
| 1999
|
Toy Story 2
|
Character Sculptor
|
| 2001
|
Monsters, Inc.
|
Character Sculptor
|
| 2003
|
Finding Nemo
|
Character Sculptor
|
| 2006
|
Cars
|
Character Sculptor
|
| 2007
|
Ratatouille
|
Character Sculptor
|
| 2009
|
Up
|
Character Sculptor/Voice Actor
|
| 2009
|
Dug's Special Mission
|
Character Sculptor/Voice Actor
|
| 2010
|
Toy Story 3
|
Character Sculptor
|
| 2012
|
Brave
|
Character Sculptor
|
| 2013
|
Cars Toons: Tales from Radiator Springs
|
Voice Actor
|
| 2013
|
Monsters University
|
Character Sculptor
|
| 2015
|
Inside Out
|
Character Sculptor
|
| 2016
|
Finding Dory
|
Character Sculptor/Voice Actor
|
| 2019
|
Toy Story 4
|
Character Sculptor
|
Disney/Pixar Roles
Gallery
Jerome Ranft working on a
Bloat sculpture.
Jerome Ranft with his older brother,
Joe Ranft.
Jerome Ranft with fellow Pixar sculptor Ricky Nierva.
Jerome Ranft with his niece, Sophia honoring his older brother's posthumous Winsor McCay nomination at the 2016 Annie Awards.
Trivia
- In Finding Nemo, when Marlin and Dory arrive in Sydney Harbour, one of the boats they come across is named "Jerome's Raft," a reference to Ranft.
