caption death_date death_place years_active birth_place nationality birth_date alma_mater spouse birthname image article_title education name occupation death_cause
joe ranft 16 august 2005 mendocino county , california , united states 1980 -- 2005 pasadena , california , united states american 13 march 1960 california institute of the arts sue -rrb- barry -lrb- 1985 -- 2005 ; his death joseph henry ranft joeranft.jpg joe ranft
 monte vista high school joe ranft screenwriter , director , magician , animator , storyboard artist , voice actor car crash
joe ranft

joseph henry `` joe '' ranft -lrb- march 13 , 1960 -- august 16 , 2005 -rrb- was an american screenwriter , animator , storyboard artist , voice actor , and magician who worked for pixar and disney at disney animation and disney television animation .
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 '' , and was also co-director on `` cars '' , his final work .
