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Joseph Henry "Joe" Ranft (March 13, 1960 - August 16, 2005) was a key creative member of Pixar. He was the co-director and writer of Cars , and performed the voice of Red in the film. He died in a car accident on August 16, 2005.
Ranft's first film was The Brave Little Toaster in 1987. He received an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nomination as one of the writers of Toy Story (1995), and was also the co-director on Cars (2006), his final work before his death.
Cars is a 2006 American animated sports comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by John Lasseter, co-directed by Joe Ranft, produced by Darla K. Anderson, and written by Lasseter, Ranft, Dan Fogelman, Kiel Murray, Phil Lorin, and Jorgen Klubien based
Ranft was heavily involved in all facets of John Lasseter's next directorial film, Cars. In addition to the original story and screenplay, Ranft was integral to the character development (with fan favorite, Mater being one shining example) and served as co-director on the film.
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This was the final Pixar film Joe Ranft worked on, as he died in a car accident the year before, while the film was still in production. This is the only Cars film, to have a VHS release (though rare), and the first to have a Blu-ray release. In The Simpsons, there were some references about Cars.
Joe Ranft was a writer, voice actor, animator and magician who worked for Disney and Pixar. He created and voiced many characters in Cars, such as Mater, Red and Jerry Recycled Batteries.
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Cars: Directed by John Lasseter, Joe Ranft. With Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy. On the way to the biggest race of his life, a hotshot rookie race car gets stranded in a rundown town and learns that winning isn't everything in life.
