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+ | |born = Joseph Henry Ranft<br>[[March 13]], [[1960]]<br>[[Pasadena, California]], [[United States]] |
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+ | |died = [[August 16]], [[2005]] (aged 45)<br>Mendocino County, California, United States |
ā | |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 |
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ā | |occupation(s) = Screenwriter, animator, storyboard artist, voice actor |
+ | |occupation(s) = Screenwriter, animator, storyboard artist, director, comedian, voice actor, magician |
ā | |years active = [[1989]]-[[2005]] |
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+ | |years active = [[1980]]-[[2005]] |
+ | |spouse = Sue Barry ([[1985]]-[[2005]]; his death) |
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ā | |children = Jordan and Sophia |
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ā | }}'''Joseph Henry "Joe" Ranft''' |
+ | |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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ā | 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]], Ranft began studying in the character animation program at the [[California Institute of the Arts]]. After |
+ | 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== |
==Career== |
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+ | 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?'" <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EMZrbS7N_k|title=Eric Larson, Disney Family Album: Part Three}}</ref> 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 (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]''. |
ā | 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 ''[[ |
+ | 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 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. |
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ā | In the DVD of ''[[Cars]]'' Ranft can be seen in an interview about the movie. |
+ | 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== |
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ā | He voiced the following Pixar characters: |
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+ | 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. |
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ā | * ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]'' - [[Red (Cars)|Red]] and a Peterbilt that Lightning encounters en route to Radiator Springs |
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+ | ==Filmography== |
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ā | His favorite writers were Kurt Vonnegut, Hunter S. Thompson and Tom Wolfe. |
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+ | *''[[The Brave Little Toaster]]'' ([[1987]] - voice of Elmo St. Peters, Screenplay and Story, directing animator) |
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+ | *''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'' ([[1988]] - story artist) |
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+ | *''[[The Little Mermaid]]'' ([[1989]] - Storysketch Artist: animation) |
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+ | *''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'' ([[1991]] - Story and provided several cartoon screams) |
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+ | *''[[Aladdin]]'' ([[1992]] - Story and provided several cartoon screams) |
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+ | *''[[James and the Giant Peach]]'' ([[1996]] - Storyboard Supervisor) |
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+ | *''[[Fantasia 2000]]'' (1999 - Additional Art: story) |
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+ | *''[[The Emperor's New Groove]]'' ([[2000]] - Special Thanks) |
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+ | *''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins]]'' (2000 - voice of Wheezy) |
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+ | *''[[Cars]]'' ([[2006]] - Co-Director, voice of Red and Peterbilt (his final roles), Screenplay, Dedication) |
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+ | *''[[Mater and the Ghostlight]]'' (2006 - Story) |
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+ | ==Roles== |
+ | <gallery position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small" widths="150"> |
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ā | Joe Ranft died August 16, 2005, when the 2004 Honda Element he was riding in plunged into the ocean after running off the road in Mendocino County, California. He was 45. |
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+ | Brave-little-toaster-disneyscreencaps.com-6975.jpg|'''[[Elmo St. Peters]]'''<br>(''[[The Brave Little Toaster]]'') |
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+ | Igor (The Nightmare Before Christmas).jpg|'''[[Igor (The Nightmare Before Christmas)|Igor]]'''<br>(''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]'') |
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+ | Pixar toy story lenny cap.jpg|'''[[Lenny|Lenny the Binoculars]]'''<br>(''[[Toy Story]]'') |
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+ | Heimlich.png|'''[[Circus Bugs#Heimlich|Heimlich]]'''<br>(''[[A Bug's Life]]'') |
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+ | Wheezy render.png|'''[[Wheezy]]'''<br>(''[[Toy Story 2]]'') |
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+ | Pete Claws Ward.png|'''Pete "Claws" Ward'''<br>(''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'') |
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+ | 1000px-Jacques-FindingNemo3D.jpg|'''[[Tank Gang#Jacques|Jacques]]'''<br>(''[[Finding Nemo]]'') |
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+ | Red.png|'''[[Red (Cars)|Red]]'''<br>(''[[Cars]]'') |
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+ | Peterbilt.png|'''Peterbilt'''<br>(''[[Cars]]'') |
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+ | </gallery> |
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+ | ==Gallery== |
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ā | ==Selected filmography== |
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+ | <gallery position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small" widths="150"> |
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ā | *''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]'' ([[2006 in film|2006]]) |
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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''. |
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ā | *''Tim Burton's Corpse Bride'' ([[2005 in film|2005]]) |
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+ | Joe Ranft Nmb4Xmas storyboards.jpg|Joe Ranft in front of his storyboards for ''The Nightmare Before Christmas''. |
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ā | *''[[The Incredibles]]'' ([[2004 in film|2004]]) |
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+ | Joe Ranft TS storyboard pitch.jpg|Joe Ranft doing a storyboard pitch for ''Toy Story''. |
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ā | *''[[Finding Nemo]]'' ([[2003 in film|2003]]) |
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+ | Joe Ranft behind the scenes abl.jpg|Joe Ranft behind the scenes of ''A Bug's Life''. |
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ā | *''Monkeybone'' ([[2001 in film|2001]]) |
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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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ā | *''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'' ([[2001 in film|2001]]) |
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+ | Joe Ranft TS2 storyboard pitch.jpg|Joe Ranft doing a storyboard pitch for ''Toy Story 2''. |
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ā | *''[[Toy Story 2]]'' ([[1999 in film|1999]]) |
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+ | Ranft bros.jpg|Joe Ranft with his brother and Pixar sculptor Jerome. |
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ā | *''[[A Bug's Life]]'' ([[1998 in film|1998]]) |
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+ | Joe Ranft behind the scenes FN.jpg|Joe Ranft behind the scenes of ''Finding Nemo''. |
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ā | *''[[Toy Story]]'' ([[1995 in film|1995]]) |
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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. |
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+ | Joe Ranft in front of Heimlich Chew Chew Train.jpg|Joe Ranft poses in front of the [[Heimlich's Chew Chew Train]] ride at Disney's California Adventure. |
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ā | *[[Aladdin]] ([[1992]]) |
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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. |
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ā | *''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' ([[1991 in film|1991]]) |
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+ | 2Joes.jpg|Ranft with late legendary Disney storyman [[Joe Grant]]. |
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+ | 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== |
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+ | *Joe's son, Jordy Ranft voices one of the ant boys in ''A Bug's Life'' and [[Tad]] the butterfly fish in ''Finding Nemo''. |
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+ | *Joe's daughter, Sophia voices the character of Baby Smitty in ''Monsters, Inc''. |
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*Michael Sragow (Nov. 23, 1999) [http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/1999/11/23/story/ "Toy" Story Man]. ''Salon.'' |
*Michael Sragow (Nov. 23, 1999) [http://www.salon.com/ent/col/srag/1999/11/23/story/ "Toy" Story Man]. ''Salon.'' |
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*Peter Hartlaub (Sep. 17, 2003) [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/09/17/DD237617.DTL The secret of Pixar's magic can be found at CalArts...]. ''San Francisco Chronicle.'' |
*Peter Hartlaub (Sep. 17, 2003) [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/09/17/DD237617.DTL The secret of Pixar's magic can be found at CalArts...]. ''San Francisco Chronicle.'' |
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ā | *[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/people/obit_brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001017139 Hollywood Reporter] Obituary |
+ | *[http://web.archive.org/20051105110811/www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/people/obit_brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001017139 Hollywood Reporter] Obituary |
*[http://www.ronniedelcarmen.com/blog1/2005/08/joe-ranft-1960-2005.html Remembrance by Ronnie del Carmen] |
*[http://www.ronniedelcarmen.com/blog1/2005/08/joe-ranft-1960-2005.html Remembrance by Ronnie del Carmen] |
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*[http://mb.laughingplace.com/default.asp?WCI=MsgBoard&WCE=T-67957-P-1&Refresh=1024203238 Obituary by the former President of the Northern California Disneyana Enthusiasts club], citing comments made at Joe Ranft's memorial |
*[http://mb.laughingplace.com/default.asp?WCI=MsgBoard&WCE=T-67957-P-1&Refresh=1024203238 Obituary by the former President of the Northern California Disneyana Enthusiasts club], citing comments made at Joe Ranft's memorial |
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*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPIyYtpRx3E VIdeo of Joe doing magic] |
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPIyYtpRx3E VIdeo of Joe doing magic] |
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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
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- 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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