Director
Will Vinton
78 years · McMinnville, Oregon, USA · 29 films
Award-winning co-director of "Closed Mondays", the first Claymation (tm) film. 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.
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Best known for
Filmography 28
Claydream
2022 · Self (archive footage)
On Kanopy
Remembering Return to Oz
2021 · Self
Animation Outlaws
2019 · Self
On Kanopy
Adventures in Plymptoons!
2011 · Self
On Hoopla
Bride of Resistor
1997 · Producer
Mr. Resistor
1994 · Producer
The World's Greatest Animation
1994 · Director
Will Vinton's Claymation Easter
1992 · Producer
Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II
1990 · Director, Producer
Meet the Raisins!
1988 · Producer
Moonwalker
1988 · Producer, Director
Claymation Christmas Celebration
1987 · Producer, Director
Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time
1987 · Director
The Festival of Claymation
1987 · Director, Producer
Shadow Play
1986 · Producer
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1985 · Dan'l Webster (voice), Director
On Plex
The Great Cognito
1982 · Director, Producer
God's Trombones
1981 · Director
A Christmas Gift
1980 · Director
Dinosaurs!
1980 · Producer, Director
Dinosaur
1980 · Director
Legacy: A Very Short History of Natural Resources
1979 · Director
The Little Prince
1979 · Director
Rip Van Winkle
1978 · Director, Producer