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#REDIRECT [[Joe Ranft]] |
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{{short description|American character sculptor and voice actor}} |
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{{BLP sources|date=April 2016}} |
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{{Notability|date=February 2020}} |
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{{Infobox person |
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| name = Jerome Ranft |
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| occupation = Character sculptor and voice actor for [[Pixar]] |
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| employer = [[Pixar Animation Studios]] (1997–present) |
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| spouse = Adrienne Ranft |
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| relatives = [[Joe Ranft]] (brother) |
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'''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]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.mnrdaily.com/article/finding-dory-release-date-news-sequel-to-swim-into-our-hearts-june-2016/1246.htm|title='Finding Dory' release date: Sequel swimming into our hearts June 2016|work=MNR Daily|date=July 22, 2015|accessdate=February 2, 2016}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
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His first job out of school was on the [[Tim Burton]]-produced classic ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kapionews.kapiolani.hawaii.edu/for-pixar-artist-success-began-at-a-community-college/|title=For Pixar Artist, Success began at a Community College - Kapi‘o Voices and Views|publisher=}}</ref> 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.]]'' (2001), ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' (2003), ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]'' (2006), ''[[Ratatouille (film)|Ratatouille]]'' (2007), ''[[Toy Story 3]]'' (2010), and ''[[Brave (2012 film)|Brave]]'' (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 (film)|Coraline]]'', as well as Jacques in ''[[Finding Dory]]'' (2016),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wdsmediafile.com/media/findingdory/writen-material/findingdory5757c7816df94.pdf|title=Finding Dory Press Kit|last=|first=|date=|website=wdsmediafile.com|publisher=[[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|The Walt Disney Studios]]|format=PDF|access-date=June 13, 2016}}</ref> 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 (film)|James and the Giant Peach]]'' (1996). |
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*{{IMDb name|nm0710019}} |
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