Basic Information About Joe Ranft
| Category | Celebrities › Authors |
|---|---|
| Professions | Animator, Screenwriter, Voice Actor, Storyboard Artist, Magician, Film director |
| Net worth | $5,000,000 |
| Date of birth | 1960-03-13 |
| Place of birth | Pasadena |
| Date of death | 2005-08-16 (aged 45) |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Spouse | 28 September - Sue Barry Ranft ( 1985 - 16 August 2005) (his death) (2 children) |
| Gender | Male |
| Social Media | ↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb |
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What Movie Awards did Joe Ranft win?
 Oscar |
 Golden Globe |
 Golder Raspberry |
 BAFTA |
 Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Joe Ranft awards
| Award Name | State | Movie / Series Name | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAFCA Award - Best Animation | Nominee | Cars | 2006 |
| Hugo - Best Dramatic Presentation | Nominee | Toy Story | 1996 |
| Hugo - Best Dramatic Presentation | Nominee | Beauty and the Beast | 1992 |
| Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Animated Program | Nominee | The Brave Little Toaster | 1988 |
Joe Ranft roles
| Movie / Series | Role |
|---|---|
| The Lion King | Writer |
| Cars | Director |
| Cars | Writer |
| Cars | Writer |
| Cars | Red / Jerry Recycled Batteries / Peterbilt (voice) |
| Toy Story | Writer |
| Toy Story | Lenny the Binoculars (voice) |
| Toy Story 2 | Wheezy / Heimlich (voice) |
| The Incredibles | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Finding Nemo | Jacques (voice) |
| Monsters, Inc. | Ward (voice) |
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Goons (uncredited) |
| A Bug's Life | Writer |
| A Bug's Life | Heimlich (voice) |
| Beauty and the Beast | Writer |
| The Nightmare Before Christmas | Igor (voice) (uncredited) |
| Oliver & Company | Writer |
| Chicken Little | Aliens (uncredited) |
| The Rescuers Down Under | Writer |
| The Rescuers Down Under | Writer |
| The Brave Little Toaster | Writer |
| The Brave Little Toaster | Writer |
| The Brave Little Toaster | Elmo St. Peters (voice) |
| Monkeybone | Street Squash Rabbit (voice) |
| Buzz Lightyear of Star Command | Writer |
Interesting Facts about Joe Ranft
- Father of Jordan Ranft and Sophia Ranft.
- Death occurred when he was a passenger in a car that veered off the road and plunged 130 feet into the Pacific Ocean. The driver was also killed, and another passenger was hospitalized with moderate injuries.
- Studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts and began working as a story artist at Walt Disney Studios in 1980. Also provided animated voices on occasion.
- Before the crash, he and the driver were on their way to the Mosaic Multicultural Foundation, a spiritual conference where successful businessmen mentor men who are trying to straighten out their lives.
- Corpse Bride (2005), Chicken Little (2005), Cars (2006), Open Season (2006), and Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009) are all dedicated to his memory.
- The Pixar movie "Cars" was dedicated to him.
- Brother of Jerome Ranft.
- Like John Ratzenberger, Joe Ranft had a role in every Pixar movie until his unexpected death in 2005. Lenny the Binoculars in Toy Story (1995), Fa Lang in Mulan (1998), Heimlich the caterpillar in A Bug's Life (1998), Wheezy the toy penguin in Toy Story 2 (1999), Pete "Claws" Ward in Monsters Inc (2001), One of the pirates in Treasure Planet (2002), Jacques the shrimp in Finding Nemo (2003), Universal Man and One of Syndrome's guards in The Incredibles (2004), and his final before his death both Red the firetruck and Jerry the Peterbilt in Cars (2006).
