This comedy-adventure picks up as Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp leaving his toys to their own devices. Monsters, Inc.The toys are back in town and ready to play once again on the big screen in Toy Story 2, the exciting sequel to the landmark 1995 animated blockbuster from Disney/Pixar.
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000 - voice of Wheezy).The Emperor's New Groove ( 2000 - Special Thanks).Fantasia 2000 (1999 - Additional Art: story).Toy Story 2 ( 1999 - voice of Wheezy, Additional Story Material).A Bug's Life ( 1998 - voice of Heimlich and Money Back Fly, Story, Story/Supervisor).The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 - Storyboard Artist).James and the Giant Peach ( 1996 - Storyboard Supervisor).Toy Story ( 1995 - voice of Lenny the Binoculars, Story, Story/Supervisor).The Nightmare Before Christmas ( 1993 - Storyboard Supervisor).Aladdin ( 1992 - Story and provided several cartoon screams).Beauty and the Beast ( 1991 - Story and provided several cartoon screams).The Rescuers Down Under ( 1990 - Animation Screenplay, Story Supervisor).The Little Mermaid ( 1989 - Storysketch Artist: animation).Who Framed Roger Rabbit ( 1988 - story artist).Peters and Evil Clown, Screenplay and Story, directing animator) The Brave Little Toaster ( 1987 - voice of Elmo St.His last two films, Cars and Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, were both dedicated to his memory. He was survived by his wife, Sue Barry-Ranft and their two children, Jordy and Sophia, and his brother, Jerome. Frierson survived by escaping through the sun roof, though he received moderate injuries. Both Ranft and Earl were killed instantly. The car plunged 130 feet into the mouth of the Navarro River in Mendocino County, California. Earl suddenly lost control and crashed through the guard rail while northbound on Highway 1. On August 16, 2005, Ranft and his friend Eric Frierson were passengers in Ranft's 2004 Honda Element, which was being driven by another friend, Elegba Earl. His favorite writers were Kurt Vonnegut, Hunter S. In the DVD of Cars, Ranft can be seen in an interview about the movie. Ranft) as most of the Scarers in the film were named for Pixar staff.
In the movie Monsters, Inc., Ranft had a monster named after him (J.J. He worked on story development for all of Pixar's feature film releases, most recently as Head of Story on Cars. Joe Ranft reunited with John Lasseter, whom he had previously met at California Institute of the Arts during the late 70's, when he joined Pixar in 1992. He stayed with Disney throughout the 1980s, doing story work on animated features including The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Lion King, and Beauty and the Beast. You know it like, animation is so complex 'how many drawings are in there?’ and stuff, but Eric always comes back to like ‘What does the audience perceive?'" Around this time, he studied under and began performing with the improvisational group, The Groundlings. Joe Ranft remembers his training under the Disney Legend as, " always reminds me of just the fundamental things that I tend to forget. Furthering into his Disney career, he was bumped up into the Feature Animation department, where he received training from Eric Larson. His first five years at Disney, Joe Ranft worked on a number of television projects that never got made. After two years, Joe Ranft's student film, Good Humor caught the attention of Disney animation executives who offered him a job. Finishing high school in fall 1978, Joe Ranft began studying in the character animation program at the California Institute of the Arts. At 15, he became a member of the Magic Castle Junior Group. Born in Pasadena, California and raised in Whittier, California, Ranft spent much of his youth practicing magic tricks and playing the accordion.