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Joe Ranft , who worked on a bunch of titles, including writing Toy Story was killed in a car accident outside of LA.
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Pixar animator and writer Joe Ranft was one if two people killed in a car accident outside of Los Angeles.
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Ranft, 45, was nominated for an Academy Award for writing "Toy Story" and was the voice of Heimlich the Bavarian caterpillar in "A Bug's Life."
Ranft died Tuesday when the car he was a passenger in plunged 130 feet off Highway 1 into the ocean, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday. The driver was also killed and another passenger was injured.
Ranft was widely respected as one of the top story artists in the animation industry, the Times said.
"Joe was the undisputed storyboard master at Pixar: His boards were just inspiring,""Monsters, Inc." director Pete Docter told the Times. "On 'Toy Story,' his boards for the 'army man' sequence, which went into film pretty much unchanged, became the model we aspired to on the film."
Before moving to Pixar, Ranft worked Disney's on "Oliver & Company,""Who Framed Roger Rabbit,""Beauty and the Beast,""The Lion King" and "Fantasia/2000." He oversaw the story on "The Rescuers Down Under" and was co-writer and supervising animator on "The Brave Little Toaster."
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.
He was executive producer of "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride," due this fall.
He is survived by his wife and two children. A memorial service was planned for Sunday at the Mill Valley Community Center in Mill Valley, Calif.
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Ranft, 45, was nominated for an Academy Award for writing "Toy Story" and was the voice of Heimlich the Bavarian caterpillar in "A Bug's Life."
Ranft died Tuesday when the car he was a passenger in plunged 130 feet off Highway 1 into the ocean, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday. The driver was also killed and another passenger was injured.
Ranft was widely respected as one of the top story artists in the animation industry, the Times said.
"Joe was the undisputed storyboard master at Pixar: His boards were just inspiring,""Monsters, Inc." director Pete Docter told the Times. "On 'Toy Story,' his boards for the 'army man' sequence, which went into film pretty much unchanged, became the model we aspired to on the film."
Before moving to Pixar, Ranft worked Disney's on "Oliver & Company,""Who Framed Roger Rabbit,""Beauty and the Beast,""The Lion King" and "Fantasia/2000." He oversaw the story on "The Rescuers Down Under" and was co-writer and supervising animator on "The Brave Little Toaster."
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.
He was executive producer of "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride," due this fall.
He is survived by his wife and two children. A memorial service was planned for Sunday at the Mill Valley Community Center in Mill Valley, Calif.
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