Joe Ranft, story supervisor at Pixar Animation Studios for more than a decade and an Oscar-nommed co-writer of “Toy Story” as well as “A Bug’s Life,” died Aug. 16 in a car. Joe Ranft, 45, was an Oscar nominee who made a career as an animator working on such blockbusters as "The Little Mermaid," "Hercules," "Beauty and the Beast" and "Toy. Yesterday, the head of Pixar’s story department, Joe Ranft, died in a car crash. My condolensces to the Ranft family and all who knew and loved him.
Yesterday, the head of Pixar’s story department, Joe Ranft, died in a car crash. My condolensces to the Ranft family and all who knew and loved him.