- Known for
- Directing
- Credits
- 51 films
- Born
- November 17, 1947
- Died
- October 4, 2018 (aged 70)
- Place of birth
- McMinnville, Oregon, USA
Directing
Will Vinton
Biography
Award-winning co-director of "Closed Mondays", the first Claymation (tm) film.
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Will Vinton was born on November 17, 1947 in McMinnville, Oregon, USA as William Gale Vinton. He was a producer and director, known for Claymation Easter (1992), Martin the Cobbler (1977) and Moonwalker (1988). He was married to Gillian Allred and Susan Shadburne. He was a Claymation artist who coined the term. His studio created numerous Claymation characters for ads, most notably the California Raisins, which gained fame in an ad set to the Motown hit "I Heard It Through the Grapevine".
He died on October 4, 2018 in Portland, Oregon.
Known for
Acting 5
- 2022Claydream · Self (archive footage)
- 2021Remembering Return to Oz · Self
- 2019Animation Outlaws · Self
- 2011Adventures in Plymptoons! · Self
- 1985The Adventures of Mark Twain · Dan'l Webster (voice)
Directing 20
- —Go Down Death · Director
- 1994The World's Greatest Animation · Director
- 1990Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II · Director
- 1988Moonwalker · Director
- 1987Claymation Christmas Celebration · Director
- 1987Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time · Director
- 1987The Festival of Claymation · Director
- 1985
Production 18
- 2006The Wild · Executive Producer
- 1999I Lost My M in Vegas · Executive Producer
- 1997The Online Adventures of Ozzie the Elf · Executive Producer
- 1997Bride of Resistor · Producer
- 1994Mr. Resistor · Producer
- 1994Hammer Time · Executive Producer
- 1992Will Vinton's Claymation Easter · Producer, Executive Producer
- 1991
Visual Effects 5
- 1987The Festival of Claymation · Animation
- 1985Return to Oz · Animation Director
- 1985The Adventures of Mark Twain · Animation
- 1976Mountain Music · Animation
- 1974Closed Mondays · Animation
Writing 3
- 1992Will Vinton's Claymation Easter · Story
- 1987The Festival of Claymation · Writer
- 1976Mountain Music · Writer
