Yesterday would have been the 50 th birthday of Joseph Henry "Joe" Ranft. Although the name might not immediately jump out at you, Joe Ranft was an influence and presence in most of our lives. Ranft ...

Some really beautiful sentiments can be found on-line regarding Joe Ranft (1960-2005). Here’s a handful that stood out to me. The complete entries can be read by clicking on the writer’s names. “My ...

The animation company Pixar, indeed the whole industry, is mourning the loss of one of the artists behind Pixar's magic. Animator Joe Ranft died Tuesday in a car accident. He was 45. Charles Solomon ...

UKIAH, Calif. – Joe Ranft (search), who was nominated for an Oscar for co-writing "Toy Story" (search) for Pixar Animation Studios, died when the car he was riding in veered off a Mendocino County ...

Conspicuously placed in the center is a name tag for Ranft, who died in a 2005 car accident aged 45. Ranft and Soul director Pete Docter worked together on Toy Story, the first Pixar feature film, ...

Today, Joe Ranft would have been fifty years old. Disney director John Musker created this storyboard tribute to the late Pixar and Disney storyman. It was originally shown at Ranft’s memorial ...

Film animation artist Joe Ranft, a key member of the creative team at Pixar Animation Studios who helped conceive and shape "A Toy Story" and "A Bug's Life" and did voices for many of the Emeryville ...

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Pixar animator and writer Joe Ranft was one if two people killed in a car accident outside of Los Angeles. Ranft, 45, was nominated for an Academy Award for writing "Toy ...

A star in the creative cosmos has gone dark. We're saddened to report that Pixar's Joe Ranft, one of the leading storyboard artists in the animation industry, died yesterday from injuries sustained in ...

Before interviewing the “Toy Story 3” screenwriter, Michael Arndt, for the Sun’s Live section, I dipped into some decade-old notes from an interview I did with the late, great Pixar story whiz Joe ...

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 ...

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