Joseph Henry "Joe" Ranft (March 13, 1960 - August 16, 2005) was a key creative member of Pixar. He was the co-director and writer of Cars, and performed the voice of Red in the film. …

He received an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nomination as one of the writers of Toy Story (1995), and was also the co-director on Cars (2006), his final work before his death. …

He worked on story development for all of Pixar's feature film releases, most recently as Head of Story on Cars. In the movie Monsters, Inc., Ranft had a monster named after him (J.J. Ranft) …

Joseph Ranft was an American writer, voice actor, animator, storyboard artist and magician. He worked for Disney and Pixar. He worked on The Lion King, The Brave Little Toaster, Toy …

Joe Ranft died at the age 45 Mendocino County, California, United States of car crash August 16, 2005. Cars was dedicated to his memory.

Joe Ranft is a voice actor known for voicing Heimlich, Wheezy, and Pete "Claws" Ward. Take a visual walk through their career and see 22 images of the characters they've voiced and listen …

Cars: Directed by John Lasseter, Joe Ranft. With Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy. On the way to the biggest race of his life, a hotshot rookie race car gets …

Pixar Studios veteran Joe Ranft died on Tuesday after the car he was riding in broke through a guardrail and plummeted over 100 feet into the ocean, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Cars 2 is being directed by John Lasseter and Brad Lewis. Red's voice actor, Joe Ranft, died in a car accident in 2005, Fillmore's voice actor, George Carlin, died of heart failure in 2008, and …

View all 5 versions of Red on BTVA. See image of Joe Ranft, the voice of Red in Cars (Movie).