Jerome Ranft is an American character sculptor and voice actor for
Pixar Animation Studios. He is the younger brother of the late Pixar story artist
Joe Ranft.
Career
Ranft attended
Fullerton College and the
California College of the Arts. He graduated in 1991. His first job out of school was on the
Tim Burton-produced classic ''
The Nightmare Before Christmas''. Ranft joined Pixar in 1997 working as a character sculptor on ''
Geri's Game'' (1997) and later on Pixar's second film ''
A Bug's Life'' (1998), ''
Toy Story 2'' (1999), ''
Monsters, Inc.
''Monsters, Inc.'' (also known as ''Monsters, Incorporated'') is a 2001 American computer-animated Monster movie, monster comedy film produced by Pixar, Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Featuring the voices of John Goodman, B ...
'' (2001), ''
Finding Nemo
''Finding Nemo'' is a 2003 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton with co-direction by Lee Unkrich, the screenplay was writ ...
'' (2003), ''
Cars'' (2006), ''
Ratatouille'' (2007), ''
Toy Story 3'' (2010), and ''
Brave
Brave most commonly refers to:
*Brave, an adjective for one who possesses courage
*Braves (Native Americans), a EuroAmerican stereotype for Native American warriors
Brave(s) or The Brave(s) may also refer to:
Film and television
* ''Brave'' (199 ...
'' (2012). He stated in an interview that he does not fall in love with just one sculpture he made but all of them and that for the character of Sulley he created over 30 different sculptures. He also provided the voice of the character Gamma in ''Up'' (2009) and ''Dug's Special Mission'', Red in ''
Cars Toons: Tales from Radiator Springs'' and ''
Cars 3'', the Mover in Henry Selick's ''
Coraline'', as well as Jacques in ''
Finding Dory'' (2016),
the sequel to ''Finding Nemo'' (2003), in which his older brother Joe voiced the same character. Before joining Pixar, Jerome served as a character sculptor for Disney's ''
James and the Giant Peach'' (1996).
References
External links
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Living people
Pixar people
Year of birth missing (living people)