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Known For

Writing

Known Credits

56

Gender

Male

Birthday

1960-03-13

Day of Death

2005-08-16 (45 years old)

Place of Birth

Pasadena, California, USA

Also Known As

Joe Ranft

Biography

Joseph Henry Ranft (March 13, 1960 – August 16, 2005) was an American screenwriter, animator, storyboard artist and voice actor, who worked for Pixar Animation Studios and Disney at Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disney Television Animation. His younger brother Jerome Ranft is a sculptor who also worked on several Pixar films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe Ranft, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Finding Nemo

2003

Finding Nemo

as

Jacques (voice)

Monsters, Inc.

2001

Monsters, Inc.

as

Additional Voices (voice)

The Inspiration for 'Cars'

2006

The Inspiration for 'Cars'

as

Self - Co-director

A Bug's Life

1998

A Bug's Life

as

Heimlich / Additional Voices (voice)

The Nightmare Before Christmas

1993

The Nightmare Before Christmas

as

Igor (voice) (uncredited)

The Sweatbox

2002

The Sweatbox

as

Self

The Pixar Story

2007

The Pixar Story

as

Self - Heimlich/ Lenny

Waking Sleeping Beauty

2009

Waking Sleeping Beauty

as

Self (archive footage)

Cars

2006

Cars

as

Red / Peterbilt (voice)

Hansel and Gretel

1983

Hansel and Gretel

as

Puppeteer

The Brave Little Toaster

1987

The Brave Little Toaster

as

Elmo St. Peters (voice)

Toy Story 2

1999

Toy Story 2

as

Wheezy (voice)

The Incredibles

2004

The Incredibles

as

Additional Voices (voice)

Monkeybone

2001

Monkeybone

as

Streetsquash Rabbit (voice)

Toy Story

1995

Toy Story

as

Lenny the Binoculars (voice)

Elf

2003

Elf

as

Store Owner (uncredited)

A Night at the Roxbury

1998

A Night at the Roxbury

as

Hottie Dancer

Production

Crew

Directing

Cars

2006

Cars

as

Cars

2006

Cars

as