Joe Ranft

**Joseph Henry "Joe" Ranft** (March 13, 1960 – August 16, 2006) was an American screenwriter, animator, storyboard artist, voice actor and magician. He worked for Pixar Animation Studios and The Walt Disney Company. His brother, Jerome Ranft, is a sculptor who also worked on several Pixar movies.

He received an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nomination as one of the writers of _Toy Story_ (1995). He was also a story supervisor for the film. He had just finished his assignment as head of story for the 2006 movie _Cars_, when he was killed in a car crash.

## Feature Films

|Year|Title|Director|Writer|Story Supervisor|Story Artist|Directing Animator|Executive Producer|Other|Voice Role|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1981|_The Fox and the Hound_|||||||||||
|1982|_The Secret of NIMH_|||||||||||
|1985|_The Black Cauldron_||||||||Gurgi|||
|rowspan=2|1986|_The Great Mouse Detective_||||||||||
|_An American Tail_||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|1987|_The Chipmunk Adventure_||||||||||
|_The Brave Little Toaster_||||||||Elmo St. Peters/Clown||||
|rowspan=3|1988|_Who Framed Roger Rabbit_||||||||Goons|Animation: Storysketch|
|_Oliver & Company_||||||||||||
|_The Land Before Time_||||||||Spike||||
|1989|_The Little Mermaid_|||||||||Storyboards||
|1990|_The Rescuers Down Under_|||||||||Animation Screenplay||
|rowspan=2|1991|_Rock-a-Doodle_||||||||||
|_Beauty and the Beast_||||||||||||
|rowspan=2|1992|_FernGully: The Last Rainforest_||||||||||
|_Aladdin_||||||||||||
|1993|_The Nightmare Before Christmas_||||||||Igor|||
|rowspan=3|1994|_Thumbelina_||||||||||
|_The Lion King_||||||||||||
|_A Troll in Central Park_||||||||||||
|rowspan=3|1995|_Pocahontas_||||||||||
|_Thomas the Tank Engine_||||||||Donald||||
|_Toy Story_||||||||Lenny||||
|rowspan=2|1996|_James and the Giant Peach_||||||||||
|_The Hunchback of Notre Dame_||||||||||||
|rowspan=3|1997|_Cats Don't Dance_||||||||||
|_Hercules_||||||||||||
|_Anastasia_||||||||||||
|rowspan="7"|1998|_Mulan_||||||||||
|_Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island_||||||||Jack|Direct-to-video|||
|_A Night at the Roxbury_||||||||The Hottie Dancer||||
|_The Lion King II: Simba's Pride_|||||||||Direct-to-video|||
|_A Bug's Life_||||||||Heimlich/Fly||||
|_The Rugrats Movie_||||||||||||
|_The Prince of Egypt_||||||||||||
|rowspan="6"|1999|_Tarzan_||||||||||
|_The Iron Giant_||||||||||||
|_Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost_||||||||Enormous Turkey|Direct-to-video|||
|_Pokémon: The First Movie_||||||||||||
|_Toy Story 2_||||||||Wheezy/Heimlich|Additional Story Material|||
|_Fantasia 2000_|||||||||Additional Artist: Story|||
|rowspan=7|2000|_Chicken Run_||||||||||
|_Pokémon: The Movie 2000_||||||||||||
|_Thomas and the Magic Railroad_||||||||Donald||||
|_Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins_||||||||Wheezy|Direct-to-video|||
|_Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders_||||||||Spider|Direct-to-video|||
|_Meet the Parents_||||||||Snuffy||||
|_The Emperor's New Groove_|||||||||Special Thanks to Joe Ranft|||
|rowspan="8"|2001|_Monkeybone_||||||||Streetsquashed Rabbit||
|_Pokémon 3: The Movie_||||||||Goo Monster||||
|_The Trumpet of the Swan_||||||||||||
|_Shrek_||||||||||||
|_Atlantis: The Lost Empire_||||||||Additional Voices||||
|_Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase_||||||||Moon Goon #1|Direct-to-video|||
|_Monsters, Inc._||||||||Pete "Claws" Ward|Additional Story Material|||
|_Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius_||||||||Yolkians||||
|rowspan=4|2002|_Lilo & Stitch_||||||||Aliens||
|_Hey Arnold!: The Movie_||||||||General Dick Horowitz||||
|_Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie_||||||||||||
|_Treasure Planet_||||||||Pirates||||
|rowspan=2|2003|_Finding Nemo_||||||||Jacques||
|_Brother Bear_||||||||||||
|rowspan=3|2004|_Home on the Range_||||||||||
|_The Incredibles_||||||||Crowd Member/Universal Man/Monodrawolverine||||
|_The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie_||||||||Reporters||||
|rowspan="4"|2005|_Robots_||||||||Garbage Robots||
|_Madagascar_||||||||||||
|_Corpse Bride_|||||||||rowspan="22"|"In Memory of" Dedication||
|_Chicken Little_||||||||||||
|2006|_Cars_||||||||Red/Peterbilt|||
|2007|_Ratatouille_|||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2008|_WALL-E_||||||||||
|_Bolt_||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2009|_Coraline_||||||||||
|_Up_||||||||||||
|2010|_Toy Story 3_|||||||||||
|2011|_Cars 2_|||||||||||
|2012|_Brave_|||||||||||
|2013|_Monsters University_|||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2014|_The Lego Movie_||||||||||
|_Big Hero 6_||||||||||||
|2015|_Inside Out_|||||||||||
|2016|_Zootopia_|||||||||||
|2017|_Coco_|||||||||||
|2019|_Spies in Disguise_|||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2020|_Onward_||||||||||
|_Soul_||||||||||||
|2022|_Lightyear_|||||||||||

### Television

|Year|Title|Writer|Story Supervisor|Other|Voice Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1994-1999|_Rugrats_|||||5 episodes|
|1997-2003|_Hey Arnold!_||||General Dick Horowitz|18 episodes|
|1998|_Rolie Polie Olie_||||Gizmo Polie|Episode: "Our Two Dads"|
|2003-2004|_Sesame Street_||||Larry The Cucumber||
|2004-2005|_Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends_||||Gus||

### Short Films and TV Specials

|Year|Title|Writer|Puppeteer|Other|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|1982|_Luau_|||||
|_Fun with Mr. Future_|||||||
|1983|_Hansel and Gretel_||||TV Special||
|1987|_Sport Goofy in Soccermania_||||||
|2006|_Mater and the Ghostlight_||||End Credits Designer||

### Documentaries

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2007|_The Pixar Story_|Himself|"In Loving Memory of" Dedication, Very Special Thanks|
|2009|_Waking Sleeping Beauty_|caricaturist|"In Memory of" Dedication|

### Video Games

|Year|Title|Writer|Voice Role||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1996|_Toy Story Animated Storybook_||Lenny||
|1998|_Spyro the Dragon_||||
|1998|_A Bug's Life: The Video Game_||Heimlich||
|2001|_Super Smash Bros. Melee_||Ganondorf||
|2002|_Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena_||Pete "Claws" Ward||
|rowspan=2|2003|_Finding Nemo: The Video Game_||Jacques|
|_Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure_||Wheezy|||
|2007|_Cars Mater-National Championship_||Red (credit only)||