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 ...

Joe Ranft, one of the key creators of Pixar’s hit animated features and the voice of Heimlich the Bavarian caterpillar in “A Bug’s Life” (1998), was killed in an automobile accident Tuesday afternoon.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Joe Ranft was the Oscar-nominated chief writer at Pixar Animation Studios and one of those responsible for the digital animation company's assembly line of blockbuster box-office hits such as Toy ...