Joe Ranft Biography (1960-)
Full name, Joseph H. Ranft; born March 13, 1960, in Pasadena, CA.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Voice performer, writer, artist, cinematographer
- Birth Details
- March 13, 1960
- Pasadena, California, United States
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Animated Film Appearances
- Voice of Elmo St. Peters, The Brave Little Toaster (also known asThe Brave Little Toaster: A Bedtime Story for Small Appliances), Hyperion Pictures, 1987
- Voices of Lenny the binoculars and others, Toy Story, Buena Vista,1995
- Voice of Heimlich, A Bug's Life, Buena Vista, 1998
- Voice of street-squashed rabbit, Monkeybone (live action and animated), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
- Voice of Wheezy, Toy Story 2, Buena Vista, 1999
- Voice of Wheezy, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2000
- Voice of Jacques, Finding Nemo, Buena Vista, 2003
- Film Additional Voices
- Animated Films
- Toy Story, Buena Vista, 1995
- Monsters, Inc., Buena Vista, 2001
- The Incredibles (also known as Hum Hai Laajawab), Buena Vista, 2004
- Film Story Supervisor
- Animated Films
- The Rescuers Down Under, Buena Vista, 1990
- Toy Story, Buena Vista, 1995
- A Bug's Life, Buena Vista, 1998
- Toy Story 2, Buena Vista, 1999
- Film Storyboard Supervisor
- The Nightmare before Christmas (animated; also known as Tim Burton's The Nightmare before Christmas), Buena Vista, 1993
- James and the Giant Peach (live action and animated), Buena Vista,1996
- Film Work
- Other
- Cinematographer, animation director, and character creator, The BraveLittle Toaster (also known as The Brave Little Toaster: A Bedtime Story for Small Appliances), Hyperion Pictures, 1987
- Storysketch artist, Who Framed Roger Rabbit (live action and animated; also known as Who Shot Roger Rabbit?), Buena Vista, 1988
- Title designer, Drop Dead Fred, New Line Cinema, 1991
- Television Storyboard Artist
- Animated Programs
- The Brave Little Toaster, c. 1987
- Back to the Future (series), CBS, 1991-1993
- RECORDINGS
- Videos
- Character creator, The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (animated; also known as Brave Little Toaster 2), Walt Disney Home Video, 1998
- Character designer, The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue (animated), Hyperion Pictures/Kushner-Locke, 1999
- Himself, Beauty and the Beast: Disney's Animation Magic, Walt Disney Home Video, 2002
- Video Games
- Voice of Heimlich, A Bug's Life, 1999
- Voice of Jacques, Finding Nemo, THQ Inc., 2003
- WRITINGS
- Screenplays
- Animated Films
- The Brave Little Toaster (also known as The Brave Little Toaster: A Bedtime Story for Small Appliances), Hyperion Pictures, 1987
- The Rescuers Down Under, Buena Vista, 1990
- Stories for Animated Films
- The Brave Little Toaster (also known as The Brave Little Toaster: A Bedtime Story for Small Appliances), Hyperion Pictures, 1987
- Oliver & Company, Buena Vista, 1988
- Beauty and the Beast, Buena Vista, 1991
- The Lion King, Buena Vista, 1994
- Toy Story, Buena Vista, 1995
- A Bug's Life, Buena Vista, 1998
- Fantasia/2000, Buena Vista/IMAX Corporation, 1999
- Toy Story 2, Buena Vista, 1999
- Teleplays
- Specials
- An All New Adventure of Disney's Sport Goofy, The Disney Channel,1987