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.

Filmography

• 2006Cars — Red / Peterbilt (voice), Screenplay, Original Story, Script Supervisor, Co-Director, In Memory Of
• 2006Mater and the Ghostlight — Original Story, Title Designer
• 2005Corpse Bride — Executive Producer, In Memory Of
• 2004The Incredibles — Additional Voices (voice)
• 2003Elf — Store Owner (uncredited)
• 2003Finding Nemo — Jacques (voice)
• 2001Monkeybone — Streetsquash Rabbit (voice)
• 2001Monsters, Inc. — Additional Voices (voice), Additional Writing
• 2000Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins — Wheezy (voice)
• 2000The Emperor's New Groove — Thanks
• 1999Toy Story 2 — Wheezy (voice), Story Supervisor
• 1998A Bug's Life — Heimlich / Additional Voices (voice), Original Story
• 1998A Night at the Roxbury — Hottie Dancer
• 1997Geri's Game — Thanks
• 1997The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue — Characters
• 1996James and the Giant Peach — Story Supervisor
• 1995Toy Story — Lenny the Binoculars (voice), Story Supervisor, Original Story
• 1994The Lion King — Story
• 1993The Nightmare Before Christmas — Igor (voice) (uncredited)
• 1991Beauty and the Beast — Story
• 1991Drop Dead Fred — Title Designer
• 1990Next Door — Thanks
• 1990The Rescuers Down Under — Screenplay, Story Supervisor
• 1989Palm Springs — Thanks
• 1989The Little Mermaid — Storyboard
• 1988Die Reis Na Blinkliggiestad — Screenplay
• 1988Oliver & Company — Story
• 1988Winter — Thanks
• 1987Sport Goofy in Soccermania — Story
• 1987The Brave Little Toaster — Elmo St. Peters (voice), Screenplay, Screenstory, Storyboard Artist, Supervising Animator
• 1985Swabbies — Writer
• 1983Hansel and Gretel — Puppeteer
• 1982Fun with Mr. Future — Story
• 1979Good Humor — Director, Writer, Animation

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2010Waking Sleeping Beauty — Self (archive footage)
• 2007The Pixar Story — Self - Heimlich/ Lenny
• 2006The Inspiration for 'Cars' — Self - Co-director
• 2002The Sweatbox — Self
• 1995The Making of Toy Story — Self