Jerome Ranft

Jerome Ranft
Background information
Born	Jerome Edward Ranft November 23, 1966 (age 54) Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality	American
Occupation	Character sculptor, voice actor
Years active	1993-present

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

Gamma
(Up)

Red
(Cars sequels and spin offs)

Jacques
(Finding Dory)

Gallery

Jerome Ranft working on a Bloat sculpture.

Jerome Ranft with his older brother, Joe Ranft.

Jerome Ranft shows John Lasseter and Lee Unkrich a sculpture of Andy for Toy Story 3.

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.

Jerome Ranft working on a sculpture of Cruz Ramirez.

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.

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In The Past Glenn McQueen • Daniel Gerson • John Kahrs • Joe Ranft • Justin Wright • Dan Lee • Lee Unkrich • John Lasseter • Rob Gibbs Brain Trust Directors Andrew Stanton • Brad Bird Directors Angus MacLane • Peter Sohn • Sanjay Patel • Dan Scanlon • Ronnie del Carmen • Mark Andrews • Brenda Chapman • Steve Purcell • Brian Fee Producers Jonas Rivera • Darla K. Anderson • Kori Rae • Katherine Sarafian Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter Associated Figures Bob Iger • Ed Catmull • Steve Jobs • George Lucas • Bob Chapek Signature Voice Actors John Ratzenberger • Bob Peterson • Josh Cooley • Jerome Ranft • Frank Welker • Bill Farmer • Jeff Pidgeon Signature Musicians Randy Newman • Michael Giacchino • Thomas Newman • Chris Stapleton • Trent Reznor • Atticus Ross