The story guy Pixar who made all those movies so good. His car ran offf the road in Mendocino & into the ocean.
He had story credits on
The Rescuers,
Beauty & The Beast, and the
Lion King while at Disney, then joined Pixar & was Head of Story for
Toy Story,
Bugs Life &
Toy Story 2. He also did a lot of voices, including Heimlich in
Bugs Life, Wheezy in
Toy Story 2 & Jacques the shrimp in
Finding Nemo. In
Monsters Inc., if you pay attention to the scoreboard battle between Sully & Boggs, the third place name is Ranft.
Here's a blog from a co-worker:
http://www.ronniedelcarmen.com/blog1/2005/08/joe-ranft-1960-2005.html
