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|image = Joe Ranft.jpg |
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ā | |born = Joseph Henry Ranft<br>[[March 13]], [[1960]]<br>Pasadena, |
+ | |born = Joseph Henry Ranft<br>[[March 13]], [[1960]]<br>[[Pasadena, California]], [[United States]] |
|died = [[August 16]], [[2005]] (aged 45)<br>Mendocino County, California, United States |
|died = [[August 16]], [[2005]] (aged 45)<br>Mendocino County, California, United States |
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|cause of death = Car crash |
|cause of death = Car crash |
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|nationality = [[File:Flag of the United States.png|20px]] American |
|nationality = [[File:Flag of the United States.png|20px]] American |
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ā | |occupation(s) = Screenwriter, animator, storyboard artist, voice actor, magician |
+ | |occupation(s) = Screenwriter, animator, storyboard artist, director, comedian, voice actor, magician |
|years active = [[1980]]-[[2005]] |
|years active = [[1980]]-[[2005]] |
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|spouse = Sue Barry ([[1985]]-[[2005]]; his death) |
|spouse = Sue Barry ([[1985]]-[[2005]]; his death) |
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ā | |children = Jordan and Sophia}}'''Joseph Henry "Joe" Ranft''' was an American |
+ | |children = Jordan and Sophia}}'''Joseph Henry "Joe" Ranft''' was an American animator, storyboard artist, director, comedian, voice actor, and magician, who worked for [[Pixar]] and [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]]. His brother, [[Jerome Ranft]] is a sculptor who also worked on several Pixar movies, and is also a voice actor. |
==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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==Death== |
==Death== |
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ā | On August 16, 2005, Ranft and his friend Eric Frierson were passengers in Ranft's 2004 Honda Element, which was being driven by another friend, Elegba Earl. Earl suddenly lost control and crashed through the guard rail while northbound on Highway 1. The car plunged 130 feet into the mouth of the Navarro River in Mendocino County, California. Both Ranft and Earl were killed instantly. Frierson survived by escaping through the sun roof, though he received moderate injuries. Ranft was 45 years old at that time. He was survived by his wife, Sue Barry-Ranft and their two children, |
+ | On August 16, 2005, Ranft and his friend Eric Frierson were passengers in Ranft's 2004 Honda Element, which was being driven by another friend, Elegba Earl. Earl suddenly lost control and crashed through the guard rail while northbound on Highway 1. The car plunged 130 feet into the mouth of the Navarro River in Mendocino County, California. Both Ranft and Earl were killed instantly. Frierson survived by escaping through the sun roof, though he received moderate injuries. Ranft was 45 years old at that time. He was survived by his wife, Sue Barry-Ranft and their two children, Jordy and Sophia, and his brother [[Jerome Ranft|Jerome]]. His last two films ''Cars'' and Tim Burton's ''Corpse Bride'' were both dedicated to his memory. |
==Filmography== |
==Filmography== |
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+ | *''[[The Brave Little Toaster]]'' ([[1987]] - voice of Elmo St. Peters, Screenplay and Story, directing animator) |
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+ | *''[[The Little Mermaid]]'' ([[1989]] - Storysketch Artist: animation) |
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+ | *''[[The Rescuers Down Under]]'' ([[1990]] - Animation Screenplay, Story Supervisor) |
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+ | *''[[Aladdin]]'' ([[1992]] - Story and provided several cartoon screams) |
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ā | |[[1987]] |
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ā | |''[[The Brave Little Toaster]]'' |
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ā | |Director/Story/Screenplay/Animator/Voice Actor |
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+ | *''[[Toy Story]]'' ([[1995]] - voice of Lenny the Binoculars, Story, Story/Supervisor) |
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ā | |[[Walt Disney Pictures]] |
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+ | *''[[A Bug's Life]]'' ([[1998]] - voice of Heimlich, Story, Story/Supervisor) |
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ā | |[[1988]] |
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+ | *''[[Toy Story 2]]'' ([[1999]] - voice of Wheezy, Additional Story Material) |
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+ | *''[[Fantasia 2000]]'' (1999 - Additional Art: story) |
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ā | |Story Artist |
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+ | *''[[The Emperor's New Groove]]'' ([[2000]] - Special Thanks) |
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ā | |[[Touchstone Pictures]] |
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+ | *''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'' ([[2001]] - voice of Pete "Claws" Ward, Story Artist) |
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ā | |1988 |
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+ | *''[[Finding Nemo]]'' ([[2003]] - voice of Jacques the Shrimp) |
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ā | |Story |
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+ | *''[[Cars]]'' ([[2006]] - Co-Director, voice of Red and Peterbilt (his final roles), Screenplay, Dedication) |
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ā | |[[Walt Disney Animation Studios]] |
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+ | *''[[Mater and the Ghostlight]]'' (2006 - Story) |
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ā | |[[1989]] |
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ā | |''[[The Little Mermaid]]'' |
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ā | |Story Artist/Animation |
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ā | |[[Walt Disney Animation Studios]] |
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ā | |- |
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ā | |[[1990]] |
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ā | |''[[The Rescuers Down Under]]'' |
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ā | |Story Supervisor/Animation/Screenplay |
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ā | |[[Walt Disney Animation Studios]] |
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ā | |- |
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ā | |[[1991]] |
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ā | |Story/Additional Voices |
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ā | |[[Walt Disney Animation Studios]] |
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ā | |- |
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ā | |[[1992]] |
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ā | |''[[Aladdin (1992 film)|Aladdin]]'' |
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ā | |Story/Additional Voices |
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ā | |[[Walt Disney Animation Studios]] |
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ā | |- |
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ā | |[[1993]] |
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ā | |Storyboard Supervisor/Voice Actor |
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ā | |[[Walt Disney Animation Studios]] |
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ā | |[[1994]] |
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ā | |Story |
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ā | |[[Walt Disney Animation Studios]] |
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ā | |[[1995]] |
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ā | |''[[Toy Story]]'' |
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ā | |Story/Story Supervisor/Voice Actor |
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ā | |[[Pixar Animation Studios]] |
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ā | |- |
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ā | |[[1996]] |
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ā | |Storyboard Supervisor |
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ā | |[[Walt Disney Pictures]] |
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ā | |- |
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ā | |1998 |
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ā | |''[[A Bug's Life]]'' |
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ā | |Story Supervisor/Story/Voice Actor |
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ā | |[[Pixar Animation Studios]] |
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ā | |- |
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ā | |[[1999]] |
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ā | |''[[Toy Story 2]]'' |
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ā | |Story/Voice Actor |
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ā | |[[Pixar Animation Studios]] |
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ā | |- |
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ā | |1999 |
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ā | |''[[Fantasia 2000]]'' |
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ā | |Story/Story Artist |
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ā | |[[Walt Disney Animation Studios]] |
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ā | |- |
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ā | |[[2000]] |
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ā | |Voice Actor |
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ā | |[[Pixar Animation Studios]] |
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ā | |[[2001]] |
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ā | |''[[Atlantis: The Lost Empire]]'' |
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ā | |Voice Actor |
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ā | |[[Walt Disney Animation Studios]] |
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ā | |- |
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ā | |2001 |
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ā | |''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'' |
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ā | |Story Artist/Voice Actor |
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ā | |[[Pixar Animation Studios]] |
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ā | |- |
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ā | |[[2002]] |
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ā | |''[[Treasure Planet]]'' |
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ā | |Voice Actor |
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ā | |[[Walt Disney Animation Studios]] |
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ā | |- |
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ā | |[[2003]] |
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ā | |''[[Finding Nemo]]'' |
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ā | |Voice Actor |
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ā | |[[Pixar Animation Studios]] |
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ā | |[[2004]] |
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ā | |Voice Actor |
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ā | |[[Pixar Animation Studios]] |
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ā | |[[2006]] |
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ā | |''[[Cars]]'' |
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ā | |Co-Director/Screenplay/Voice Actor |
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ā | |[[Pixar Animation Studios]] |
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ā | |- |
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ā | |2006 |
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ā | |''[[Mater and the Ghostlight|Cars Toons: Mater and the Ghostlight]]'' |
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ā | |Story |
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ā | |[[Pixar Animation Studios]] |
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ā | |} |
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==Roles== |
==Roles== |
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Wheezy render.png|'''[[Wheezy]]'''<br>(''[[Toy Story 2]]'') |
Wheezy render.png|'''[[Wheezy]]'''<br>(''[[Toy Story 2]]'') |
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Pete Claws Ward.png|'''Pete "Claws" Ward'''<br>(''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'') |
Pete Claws Ward.png|'''Pete "Claws" Ward'''<br>(''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'') |
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ā | 1000px-Jacques-FindingNemo3D.jpg|'''[[Jacques]]'''<br>(''[[Finding Nemo]]'') |
+ | 1000px-Jacques-FindingNemo3D.jpg|'''[[Tank Gang#Jacques|Jacques]]'''<br>(''[[Finding Nemo]]'') |
ā | + | Red.png|'''[[Red (Cars)|Red]]'''<br>(''[[Cars]]'') |
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Peterbilt.png|'''Peterbilt'''<br>(''[[Cars]]'') |
Peterbilt.png|'''Peterbilt'''<br>(''[[Cars]]'') |
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==Gallery== |
==Gallery== |
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<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small" widths="150"> |
<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small" widths="150"> |
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+ | Joe Ranft behind the scenes BLT.jpg|Joe Ranft behind the scenes of ''The Brave Little Toaster''. |
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Joe Ranft RDU storyboards.jpg|Joe Ranft posting storyboards for ''The Rescuers Down Under''. |
Joe Ranft RDU storyboards.jpg|Joe Ranft posting storyboards for ''The Rescuers Down Under''. |
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Joe Ranft Nmb4Xmas storyboards.jpg|Joe Ranft in front of his storyboards for ''The Nightmare Before Christmas''. |
Joe Ranft Nmb4Xmas storyboards.jpg|Joe Ranft in front of his storyboards for ''The Nightmare Before Christmas''. |
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Joe Ranft TS storyboard pitch.jpg|Joe Ranft doing a storyboard pitch for ''Toy Story''. |
Joe Ranft TS storyboard pitch.jpg|Joe Ranft doing a storyboard pitch for ''Toy Story''. |
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Joe Ranft behind the scenes abl.jpg|Joe Ranft behind the scenes of ''A Bug's Life''. |
Joe Ranft behind the scenes abl.jpg|Joe Ranft behind the scenes of ''A Bug's Life''. |
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+ | Joe Ranft Bug's Life storyboard pitch.jpg|Joe Ranft doing a storyboard pitch for ''A Bug's Life'' with [[Andrew Stanton]] and [[Bob Peterson]]. |
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+ | Joe Ranft TS2 storyboard pitch.jpg|Joe Ranft doing a storyboard pitch for ''Toy Story 2''. |
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+ | Ranft bros.jpg|Joe Ranft with his brother and Pixar sculptor Jerome. |
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Joe Ranft behind the scenes FN.jpg|Joe Ranft behind the scenes of ''Finding Nemo''. |
Joe Ranft behind the scenes FN.jpg|Joe Ranft behind the scenes of ''Finding Nemo''. |
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Joe with Jordy & Sophia.jpg|Ranft with his kids, Jordy and Sophia, at A Bug's Land at Disney California Adventures in March 2003. |
Joe with Jordy & Sophia.jpg|Ranft with his kids, Jordy and Sophia, at A Bug's Land at Disney California Adventures in March 2003. |
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Joe Ranft at the event of Incredibles.jpg|Ranft and his wife Sue at premiere of ''The Incredibles'' in October 2004. |
Joe Ranft at the event of Incredibles.jpg|Ranft and his wife Sue at premiere of ''The Incredibles'' in October 2004. |
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2Joes.jpg|Ranft with late legendary Disney storyman [[Joe Grant]]. |
2Joes.jpg|Ranft with late legendary Disney storyman [[Joe Grant]]. |
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ā | Joe and Pixar crew.jpg|Ranft talks to John Lasseter, |
+ | Joe and Pixar crew.jpg|Ranft talks to John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and [[Pete Docter]] about the legacy of ''Toy Story'' at Pixar in February 2005, just a few months before Joe's fatal car accident. |
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==Trivia== |
==Trivia== |
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ā | *Joe's son, |
+ | *Joe's son, Jordy Ranft voices one of the ant boys in ''A Bug's Life'' and [[Tad]] the butterfly fish in ''Finding Nemo''. |
ā | *Joe's daughter, |
+ | *Joe's daughter, Sophia voices the character of Baby Smitty in ''Monsters, Inc''. |
==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 20:22, 19 October 2019
Joseph Henry "Joe" Ranft was an American animator, storyboard artist, director, comedian, voice actor, and magician, who worked for Pixar and Disney. His brother, Jerome Ranft is a sculptor who also worked on several Pixar movies, and is also a voice actor.
Early life
Born in Pasadena, California and raised in Whittier, California, Ranft spent much of his youth practicing magic tricks and playing the accordion. At 15, he became a member of the Magic Castle Junior Group. Finishing high school in fall 1978, Joe Ranft began studying in the character animation program at the California Institute of the Arts. After two years, Joe Ranft's student film Good Humor caught the attention of Disney animation executives who offered him a job.
Career
His first five years at Disney, Joe Ranft worked on a number of television projects that never got made. Furthering into his Disney career, he was bumped up into the Feature Animation department, where he received training from Eric Larson. Joe Ranft remembers his training under the Disney Legend as, "[Eric] always reminds me of just the fundamental things that I tend to forget. You know it like, animation is so complex; 'how many drawings are in there?ā and stuff, but Eric always comes back to like; āWhat does the audience perceive?'" [1] Around this time, he studied under and began performing with the improvisational group, The Groundlings. He stayed with Disney throughout the 1980s, doing story work on animated features including The Lion King and Beauty and the Beast.
Joe Ranft reunited with John Lasseter, whom he had previously met at California Institute of the Arts during the late 70's, when he joined Pixar in 1992. He worked on story development for all of Pixar's feature film releases, most recently as Head of Story on Cars.
In the movie Monsters, Inc., Ranft had a monster named after him (J.J. Ranft) as most of the Scarers in the film were named for Pixar staff.
In the DVD of Cars, Ranft can be seen in an interview about the movie. His favorite writers were Kurt Vonnegut, Hunter S. Thompson, and Tom Wolfe.
Death
On August 16, 2005, Ranft and his friend Eric Frierson were passengers in Ranft's 2004 Honda Element, which was being driven by another friend, Elegba Earl. Earl suddenly lost control and crashed through the guard rail while northbound on Highway 1. The car plunged 130 feet into the mouth of the Navarro River in Mendocino County, California. Both Ranft and Earl were killed instantly. Frierson survived by escaping through the sun roof, though he received moderate injuries. Ranft was 45 years old at that time. He was survived by his wife, Sue Barry-Ranft and their two children, Jordy and Sophia, and his brother Jerome. His last two films Cars and Tim Burton's Corpse Bride were both dedicated to his memory.
Filmography
- The Brave Little Toaster (1987 - voice of Elmo St. Peters, Screenplay and Story, directing animator)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988 - story artist)
- Oliver & Company (1988 - Story)
- The Little Mermaid (1989 - Storysketch Artist: animation)
- The Rescuers Down Under (1990 - Animation Screenplay, Story Supervisor)
- Beauty and the Beast (1991 - Story and provided several cartoon screams)
- Aladdin (1992 - Story and provided several cartoon screams)
- The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993 - Storyboard Supervisor)
- The Lion King (1994 - Story)
- Toy Story (1995 - voice of Lenny the Binoculars, Story, Story/Supervisor)
- James and the Giant Peach (1996 - Storyboard Supervisor)
- A Bug's Life (1998 - voice of Heimlich, Story, Story/Supervisor)
- Toy Story 2 (1999 - voice of Wheezy, Additional Story Material)
- Fantasia 2000 (1999 - Additional Art: story)
- The Emperor's New Groove (2000 - Special Thanks)
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000 - voice of Wheezy)
- Monsters, Inc. (2001 - voice of Pete "Claws" Ward, Story Artist)
- Finding Nemo (2003 - voice of Jacques the Shrimp)
- The Incredibles (2004 - Additional Voices)
- Cars (2006 - Co-Director, voice of Red and Peterbilt (his final roles), Screenplay, Dedication)
- Mater and the Ghostlight (2006 - Story)
Roles
Gallery
Trivia
- Joe's son, Jordy Ranft voices one of the ant boys in A Bug's Life and Tad the butterfly fish in Finding Nemo.
- Joe's daughter, Sophia voices the character of Baby Smitty in Monsters, Inc.
References
External links
- Template:Imdb name
- Pixar Artist's Corner with Joe
- Michael Sragow (Nov. 23, 1999) "Toy" Story Man. Salon.
- Peter Hartlaub (Sep. 17, 2003) The secret of Pixar's magic can be found at CalArts.... San Francisco Chronicle.
- Hollywood Reporter Obituary
- Remembrance by Ronnie del Carmen
- Obituary by the former President of the Northern California Disneyana Enthusiasts club, citing comments made at Joe Ranft's memorial
- Disney Legends profile
- Remembrance by James S. Baker
- VIdeo of Joe doing magic
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