Joe Ranft

Joseph Henry "Joe" Ranft (March 13, 1960 – August 16, 2006) was an American screenwriter, animator, storyboard artist, voice actor and magician. He worked for Pixar Animation Studios and The Walt Disney Company.^[1] His brother, Jerome Ranft, is a sculptor who also worked on several Pixar movies.

He received an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nomination as one of the writers of Toy Story (1995).^[2] He was also a story supervisor for the film.^[3] He had just finished his assignment as head of story for the 2006 movie Cars, when he was killed in a car crash.^[3]

Feature Films

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Story Supervisor	Story Artist	Directing Animator	Executive Producer	Other	Voice Role	Notes
1981	The Fox and the Hound	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
1982	The Secret of NIMH	No	Story	No	No	No	No	No
1985	The Black Cauldron	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Gurgi
1986	The Great Mouse Detective	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
	An American Tail	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
1987	The Chipmunk Adventure	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
	The Brave Little Toaster[4]	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Elmo St. Peters/Clown
1988	Who Framed Roger Rabbit[5]	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Goons	Animation: Storysketch
	Oliver & Company[6]	No	Story	No	No	No	No	No
	The Land Before Time	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Spike
1989	The Little Mermaid[6]	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No		Storyboards
1990	The Rescuers Down Under[6]	No	Screenplay	Yes	No	No	No	No		Animation Screenplay
1991	Rock-a-Doodle	No	Story	No	No	No	No	No
	Beauty and the Beast[6]	No	Story	No	No	No	No	No
1992	FernGully: The Last Rainforest	No	Story	No	No	No	No	No
	Aladdin	No	Story	No	No	No	No	No
1993	The Nightmare Before Christmas[7][6]	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Igor
1994	Thumbelina	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
	The Lion King[8]	No	Story	No	No	No	No	No
	A Troll in Central Park	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
1995	Pocahontas	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Thomas the Tank Engine	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Donald
	Toy Story[8]	No	Original Story	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Lenny
1996	James and the Giant Peach[4]	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
1997	Cats Don't Dance	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Hercules	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Anastasia	No	Original Story	No	No	No	No	No
1998	Mulan	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Jack	Direct-to-video
	A Night at the Roxbury	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	The Hottie Dancer
	The Lion King II: Simba's Pride	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No		Direct-to-video
	A Bug's Life[8]	No	Original Story	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Heimlich/Fly
	The Rugrats Movie	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	The Prince of Egypt	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
1999	Tarzan	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
	The Iron Giant[8]	No	Story	No	No	No	No	No
	Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Enormous Turkey	Direct-to-video
	Pokémon: The First Movie	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
	Toy Story 2[8]	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Wheezy/Heimlich	Additional Story Material
	Fantasia 2000[4]	No	No	No	Additional	No	No	No		Additional Artist: Story
2000	Chicken Run	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
	Pokémon: The Movie 2000	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
	Thomas and the Magic Railroad	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Donald
	Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Wheezy	Direct-to-video
	Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Spider	Direct-to-video
	Meet the Parents	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Snuffy
	The Emperor's New Groove	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes		Special Thanks to Joe Ranft
2001	Monkeybone[9]	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Streetsquashed Rabbit
	Pokémon 3: The Movie	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Goo Monster
	The Trumpet of the Swan	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
	Shrek	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Additional Voices
	Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Moon Goon #1	Direct-to-video
	Monsters, Inc.[8]	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Pete "Claws" Ward	Additional Story Material
	Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yolkians
2002	Lilo & Stitch	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Aliens
	Hey Arnold!: The Movie	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	General Dick Horowitz
	Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
	Treasure Planet	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Pirates
2003	Finding Nemo	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Jacques
	Brother Bear	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
2004	Home on the Range	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
	The Incredibles	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Crowd Member/Universal Man/Monodrawolverine
	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Reporters
2005	Robots	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Garbage Robots
	Madagascar	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
	Corpse Bride[4]	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes		"In Memory of" Dedication
	Chicken Little	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
2006	Cars[10]	Co-Director	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Red/Peterbilt
2007	Ratatouille	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
2008	WALL-E	No	Original Story	No	No	No	No	Yes
	Bolt	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
2009	Coraline	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
	Up	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
2010	Toy Story 3	No	Screenplay	No	No	No	No	Yes
2011	Cars 2	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
2012	Brave	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
2013	Monsters University	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
2014	The Lego Movie	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
	Big Hero 6	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
2015	Inside Out	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
2016	Zootopia	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
2017	Coco	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
2019	Spies in Disguise	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
2020	Onward	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
	Soul	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
2022	Lightyear	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes

Television

Year	Title	Writer	Story Supervisor	Other	Voice Role	Notes
1994-1999	Rugrats	Yes	No	No		5 episodes
1997-2003	Hey Arnold!	No	No	Yes	General Dick Horowitz	18 episodes
1998	Rolie Polie Olie	No	No	Yes	Gizmo Polie	Episode: "Our Two Dads"
2003-2004	Sesame Street	No	No	Yes	Larry The Cucumber
2004-2005	Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends	No	No	Yes	Gus

Short Films and TV Specials

Year	Title	Writer	Puppeteer	Other	Notes
1982	Luau	Yes	No	Yes
	Fun with Mr. Future	Yes	No	No
1983	Hansel and Gretel	No	Yes	No	TV Special
1987	Sport Goofy in Soccermania	Yes	No	Yes
2006	Mater and the Ghostlight[11]	Original Story	No	Yes	End Credits Designer

Documentaries

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	The Pixar Story	Himself	"In Loving Memory of" Dedication, Very Special Thanks
2009	Waking Sleeping Beauty	caricaturist	"In Memory of" Dedication

Video Games

Year	Title	Writer	Voice Role
1996	Toy Story Animated Storybook	No	Lenny
1998	Spyro the Dragon	Yes
1998	A Bug's Life: The Video Game	No	Heimlich
2001	Super Smash Bros. Melee	No	Ganondorf
2002	Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena	No	Pete "Claws" Ward
2003	Finding Nemo: The Video Game[6]	No	Jacques
	Disney's Extreme Skate Adventure	No	Wheezy
2007	Cars Mater-National Championship	No	Red (credit only)