Will Vinton
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.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
November 17, 1947Deathday
October 4, 2018Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
39Place of birth
McMinnville, Oregon, USA
Cast credits
Crew credits
Claymation Christmas Celebration
Producer, Director
The Wild
Executive Producer
Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II
Director
Closed Mondays
Director, Animation
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Director, Animation
Rip Van Winkle
Director
Martin the Cobbler
Director
The Little Prince
Director
The Great Cognito
Director
Dinosaur
Director, Producer
Will Vinton's Claymation Comedy of Horrors
Executive Producer
Mountain Music
Director
A Christmas Gift
Director
The Festival of Claymation
Writer, Director, Producer, Animation
Shadow Play
Producer
Claymation: Three Dimensional Clay Animation
Director
Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time
Director
Return to Oz
Animation Director
Moonwalker
Producer, DirectorImages
