Will Vinton
Directing · Born 1947-11-17 · age 70 at death · McMinnville, Oregon, USA
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.
Titles
The Wild
Return to Oz
Moonwalker
The Adventures of Mark Twain
The PJs
Closed Mondays
Claymation Christmas Celebration
The Great Cognito
Will Vinton's Claymation Comedy of Horrors
The Creation
Mr. Resistor
Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time
The Little Prince
Meet the Raisins!
Shadow Play
Bride of Resistor
Martin the Cobbler
Will Vinton's Claymation Easter
The California Raisin Show
Rip Van Winkle
Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II
A Christmas Gift
Mountain Music
Día de los muertos
The Festival of Claymation
Claymation: Three Dimensional Clay Animation
The Online Adventures of Ozzie the Elf
Gary & Mike
Legacy: A Very Short History of Natural Resources
Dinosaurs!
Hammer Time
The World's Greatest Animation
God's Trombones
I Lost My M in Vegas
Dinosaur