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Joe Ranft

Highest Rated: 100% Toy Story (1995)

Lowest Rated: 72% The Rescuers Down Under (1990)

Birthday: Mar 13, 1960

Birthplace: Pasadena, California, USA

Even as a child, Joseph Henry Ranft was drawn to humor, great stories, and the magic of movies. Once Ranft graduated from Monte Vista High School in 1978, he pursued studies in a character animation program at the California Institute of the Arts. With two years of studies behind him, Ranft's student film "Good Humor" landed him a job at Disney. At Disney Ranft worked as a writer and storyboard artist. After being promoted to the Feature Animation department, he was mentored by Eric Larson. It proved to be an invaluable experience for Ranft. During the 1980s, he was writing stories for Disney, which included "Oliver & Company," "Beauty and the Beast," and "The Lion King." In 1987 he worked on "The Brave Little Toaster" for Hyperion Animation, and in 1996 on "James and the Giant Peach" for Allied Filmmakers. By 1991 Ranft was hired by Pixar and working as head of story. Ranft had a part in all of Pixar's films until 2006, responsible for story content in "Toy Story" and "A Bug's Life." Ranft also provided the voices for a number of characters in these films, such as "The Incredibles" and Peter "Claws" Ward in "Monsters, Inc.." On August 16, 2005, Ranft was killed in a car accident. "Cars" and Tim Burton's "Corpse Bride," which Ranft executive produced, are dedicated to his memory.

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Highest rated movies

100% 92% Toy Story Watchlist 100% 87% Toy Story 2 Watchlist 99% 86% Finding Nemo Watchlist 92% 73% A Bug's Life Watchlist
77% 81% The Brave Little Toaster
Watchlist
74% 80% Cars Watchlist
72% 68% The Rescuers Down Under
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63% Mater and the Ghostlight
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 63% Mater and the Ghostlight Screenwriter - 2006
74% 80% Cars Director,
Screenwriter
- 2006
99% 86% Finding Nemo Jacques (Voice) - 2003
100% 87% Toy Story 2 Wheezy/Heimlich (Voice) $245.9M 1999
92% 73% A Bug's Life Heimlich (Voice),
Writer
$162.8M 1998
100% 92% Toy Story Writer $31.3M 1995
72% 68% The Rescuers Down Under Screenwriter - 1990
77% 81% The Brave Little Toaster Elmo St. Peters (Character),
Screenwriter
- 1987