Will Vinton
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 17, 1947
- Died
- October 4, 2018 (aged 70)
- Birthplace
- McMinnville, Oregon, USA
Biography
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
Filmography
Go Down Death
Movie · Director
The Morning After
Movie · Director
Klay's TV
Movie · Director
The World's Greatest Animation
Movie · Director
Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II
Movie · Director
Moonwalker
Movie · Director
Claymation Christmas Celebration
Movie · Director
The Festival of Claymation
Movie · Director
Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time
Movie · Director
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Movie · Director
The Great Cognito
Movie · Director
The Creation
Movie · Director
God's Trombones
Movie · Director
Dinosaurs!
Movie · Director
A Christmas Gift
Movie · Director
Dinosaur
Movie · Director
Legacy: A Very Short History of Natural Resources
Movie · Director
The Little Prince
Movie · Director
Rip Van Winkle
Movie · Director
Claymation: Three Dimensional Clay Animation
Movie · Director
Martin the Cobbler
Movie · Director
Mountain Music
Movie · Director
Closed Mondays
Movie · Director
Gone for a Better Deal
Movie · Director