FILM DIRECTOR

Joe Ranft

1960 - 2005

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Joseph Henry Ranft (March 13, 1960 – August 16, 2005) was an American animator, screenwriter, and voice actor. He worked for Pixar Animation Studios and Disney at Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disney Television Animation. His younger brother Jerome Ranft is a sculptor who also worked on several Pixar films. Ranft's first film was The Brave Little Toaster in 1987. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Ranft is the 1,193rd most popular film director (down from 1,087th in 2019), the 8,475th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,044th in 2019) and the 315th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Joe Ranft ranks 1,193 out of 2,041Before him are Giorgi Shengelaia, Gerry Anderson, Nick Park, Franz Antel, Francis Girod, and Trey Parker. After him are Morten Tyldum, Vadim Abdrashitov, Georg Jacoby, Leonid Osyka, Denys de La Patellière, and Byron Haskin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Joe Ranft ranks 327Before him are Jon Landau, Jozef Chovanec, Beata Poźniak, Delio Rossi, Jorge Quiroga, and Eike Immel. After him are Jaron Lanier, Plamen Oresharski, Youth, Zoran Živković, Robert John Burke, and Ivan Gudelj. Among people deceased in 2005, Joe Ranft ranks 271Before him are Danas Pozniakas, Henry Källgren, Mustafa Ertan, Ilse Werner, Richard Burns, and Kay Stammers. After him are Eugénio de Andrade, Horacio Casarín, Ariel Nogueira, Debra Hill, Sergio Cervato, and Jerzy Pawłowski.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Ranft ranks 8,477 out of 20,380Before him are John Bennett Perry (1941), Jeannie Berlin (1949), George Crook (1828), Arthur Lee (1945), Trey Parker (1969), and Dave Loebsack (1952). After him are Jeffrey Combs (1954), Richard Hell (1949), Ginny Duenkel (1947), Norman Mineta (1931), Heather Langenkamp (1964), and Jaron Lanier (1960).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Joe Ranft ranks 315Before him are Rebecca Miller (1962), Sidney Franklin (1893), Carl Foreman (1914), Herschell Gordon Lewis (1926), Alan Ball (1957), and Trey Parker (1969). After him are Byron Haskin (1899), Buddy Van Horn (1928), Busby Berkeley (1895), Archie Mayo (1891), Tay Garnett (1894), and Daniel Mann (1912).