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 TitleDirectorWriterStorySupervisorStory ArtistDirectingAnimatorExecutiveProducerOtherVoice RoleNotes 1981 The Fox and the Hound        1982 The Secret of NIMH        1985 The Black Cauldron        Gurgi 1986 The Great Mouse Detective        An American Tail        1987 The Chipmunk Adventure        The Brave Little Toaster        Elmo St. Peters/Clown 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 1991 Rock-a-Doodle        Beauty and the Beast        1992 FernGully: The Last Rainforest        Aladdin        1993 The Nightmare Before Christmas        Igor 1994 Thumbelina        The Lion King        A Troll in Central Park        1995 Pocahontas        Thomas the Tank Engine        Donald Toy Story        Lenny 1996 James and the Giant Peach        The Hunchback of Notre Dame        1997 Cats Don't Dance        Hercules        Anastasia        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        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 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 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 2002 Lilo & Stitch        Aliens Hey Arnold!: The Movie        General Dick Horowitz Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie        Treasure Planet        Pirates 2003 Finding Nemo        Jacques Brother Bear        2004 Home on the Range        The Incredibles        Crowd Member/Universal Man/Monodrawolverine The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie        Reporters 2005Robots        Garbage Robots Madagascar        Corpse Bride        "In Memory of" Dedication Chicken Little        2006 Cars        Red/Peterbilt 2007 Ratatouille        2008 WALL-E        Bolt        2009 Coraline        Up        2010 Toy Story 3        2011 Cars 2        2012 Brave        2013 Monsters University        2014 The Lego Movie        Big Hero 6        2015 Inside Out        2016 Zootopia        2017 Coco        2019 Spies in Disguise        2020 Onward        Soul        2022 Lightyear       

 Television 
 Year TitleWriterStorySupervisorOtherVoice RoleNotes 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 TitleWriterPuppeteerOtherNotes 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 TitleRoleNotes 2007 The Pixar Story Himself "In Loving Memory of" Dedication, Very Special Thanks 2009 Waking Sleeping Beauty caricaturist "In Memory of" Dedication

 Video Games 
YearTitleWriterVoice 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 2003 Finding Nemo: The Video Game  Jacques Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure  Wheezy 2007 Cars Mater-National Championship  Red (credit only)

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Category:1960 births
Category:2005 deaths
Category:Movie directors from California
Category:Pixar
Category:American animators
Category:American voice actors