Just back from Corpse Bride but this isn’t about that.
In the end credits was a dedication to the memory of Joe Ranft , one of the executive producers. Say it ain’t so, but there it is in IMDb, car crash in mid-August. Working mostly for Disney and especially Pixar he was writer and voice actor for many of the latter’s films, most notably, Heimlich in Bug’s Life and Wheezy the Penguin in Toy Story . He was forty-five.
DD
Damn, that’s a real shame. He left a really impressive list of credits, though.
And he was seven weeks younger than me…
Eve
October 1, 2005, 1:52pm
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Yep, from Entertainment Insiders :
JOE RANFT Died Aug. 16, 2005
Oscar-and-Emmy-nominated writer and award-winning storyboard supervisor Jope Ranft was killed, along with another person when the driver of the car he was riding in lost control and went of the Pacific Coast Highway and plunged 130 feet to the sea. Mr. Rantf was 45 years old. He was nominated for a Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Oscar for co-writing the Pixar hit “Toy Story.” Mr. Ranft shared an Emmy nomination for “The Brave Little Toaster.” His peers in the Animation Guild with an Annie Award for his storyboards “Toy Story 2” as well as a nomination for co-writing “A Bug’s Life.” Joe Rantf was a legend in the animation world. He worked for Disney and Pixar. Mr. Ranft was the Pixar’s story department for more than a decade. His writing credits include “Oliver & Company,” “The Rescuers Down Under,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “The Lion King,” “Toy Story,” “A Bug’s Life” and “Fantasia 2000.” On the animation side of the aisle, Mr. Ranft’s credits include “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?,” “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “James and the Giant Peach” and “Monsters, Inc.” If that were not enough, Joe Ranft was also a voice actor. He provided the voice of Heimlich in “A Bug’s Life.” Other voice credits include “Finding Nemo,” “The Brave Little Toaster,” “Toy Story” and “The Incredibles.”