Joe Ranft

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as craft. The films the hosts said they worked on, which the two lists below run through too: The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993); Toy Story (1995). Count them as actor (1 film) 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.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), which they worked on as head of story: Who Framed Roger Rabbit ⇒ The Nightmare Before Christmas (the host's read). Katzenberg was looking at Roger Rabbit's success as a reason to try different styles and techniques.
    “looking at the success they had with Roger Rabbit and saying, like, we should try different styles”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 0:29:00 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Woody Strode: 1 line

  1. unmapped (namesake) · through Toy Story (1995), which they worked on as story supervisor: Woody Strode ⇒ Toy Story (the maker said so). Woody Strode is said to be the namesake for the character in Toy Story, which the speaker says Pixar has admitted.
    “being the namesake for the character in Toy Story.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:15:31 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

James and the Giant Peach (1996): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), which they worked on as head of story: The Nightmare Before Christmas ⇒ James and the Giant Peach (the host's read). The film's long tail made Disney try stop motion again, back to back with Peach, before Laika and others.
    “James and the Giant Peach is almost made like right back to back with this movie”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Nightmare Before Christmas with Michael Rianda (Ad-Free) · 1:40:45 · Michael Rianda (0.50 sure it was them)

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)