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 ...

And often he did it so well, he became the voice, like his role as the asthmatic penguin in "Toy Story 2." (Soundbite of "Toy Story 2") Mr. RANFT: (As Penguin) Well, I tried squeaking, but I'm ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ranft was story supervisor for Pixar's "Toy Story 2" and provided the voice for Wheezy the Penguin, "Monsters, Inc.," and "Cars," which is slated for release next year.

Ranft, the head of story for more than a decade at Pixar, also co-wrote "A Bug's Life" and was the voice for such characters as Heimlich in "A Bug's Life" and Wheezy the Penguin in "Toy Story 2." ...

I mentioned in an earlier post that there is a nod to the late great Disney/Pixar storyman Joe Ranft (Lion King, Toy Story, Roger Rabbit, Cars, etc.) in Coraline.Thanks to the fine folks at Laika ...

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 Pix… ...

Joe Ranft, story supervisor at Pixar Animation Studios for more than a decade and an Oscar-nommed co-writer of "Toy Story" as well as "A Bug's Life," died Aug. 16 in a car accident in Mendocino ...

Joseph Henry Ranft (March 13, 1960 – August 16, 2005) was an American screenwriter, animator, storyboard artist and voice actor, ... Joe Ranft. Celebrity. Born in ...