Joe Ranft

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: A Bug's Life (1998). Count them as craft (2 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Craft (2) everyone in craft

Acting (1) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Joe Ranft → A Bug's Life. Lasseter heard Ranft's scratch recordings get laughs and pushed to make Ranft the voice of Heimlich.
    “he noticed that every time his wife was laughing, it was ramped.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 0:59:26 · Michael Rianda (0.50 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Joe Ranft → The Nightmare Before Christmas. Ranft is counted among the five people credited with shaping the film's story.
    “Thompson, Joe Ramped, Elfman, Selleck, Burton, all can be given a fair amount of credit for the shaping of this film.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 0:49:28 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (people): Joe Ranft → Henry Selick. Ranft, Selick and Burton were CalArts contemporaries alongside the Pixar founders.
    “Bird, the Pixar guys, you know, Joe Ramped, Selleck Burton, all there at the same time.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 0:20:30 · Michael Rianda (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Joe Ranft → Toy Story. Ranft was a story supervisor on Toy Story.
    “He was a story supervisor on Toy Story.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 0:57:56 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Joe Ranft: Lasseter tested A Bug's Life reels on his wife; she laughed only at Ranft's recordings, which got Ranft cast as Heimlich.
    “every time his wife was laughing, it was ramped.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 0:59:26 · Michael Rianda (0.50 sure it was them)