Will Vinton
Known for: Director
Born: 17 November 1947, McMinnville, Oregon, USA
Died: 4 October 2018
Credits: 1 titles
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.
Acting
Directed / Created
Go Down Death
The Morning After
Klay's TV
The World's Greatest Animation
Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II
Moonwalker
Claymation Christmas Celebration
Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time
The Festival of Claymation
The Adventures of Mark Twain
The Great Cognito
The Creation
God's Trombones
A Christmas Gift
Dinosaurs!
Dinosaur
Legacy: A Very Short History of Natural Resources
The Little Prince
Rip Van Winkle
Claymation: Three Dimensional Clay Animation
Martin the Cobbler
Mountain Music
Closed Mondays
Gone for a Better Deal