Jerome Ranft

Jerome 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
==Roles==
Gamma.jpg|Gamma(Up)
Red3.jpg|Red(Cars sequels and spin offs)
Jacques-FindingNemo3D.jpg|Jacques(Finding Dory)
==Gallery==
Jerome Ranft Bloat sculpture.jpg|Jerome Ranft working on a Bloat sculpture.
Ranft bros.jpg|Jerome Ranft with his older brother, Joe Ranft.
Jerome Ranft showing sculpture to John Lasseter & Lee Unkrich.jpg|Jerome Ranft shows John Lasseter and Lee Unkrich a sculpture of Andy for Toy Story 3.
Jerome Ranft & Ricky Nievra.jpg|Jerome Ranft with fellow Pixar sculptor Ricky Nierva.
Jerome Ranft with niece Sophia honoring posthumous Annie for Joe.jpg|Jerome Ranft with his niece, Sophia honoring his older brother's posthumous Winsor McCay nomination at the 2016 Annie Awards.
Jerome Ranft Cruz Ramirez Sculpture.jpg|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 Jerome Ranft.
*Jerome Ramped was named after him.
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