Will Vinton
Directing
Born November 17, 1947 · 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.
Directed (23)
The Morning After
2005
Klay's TV
1998
The World's Greatest Animation
1994
Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II
1990
Moonwalker
1988
Claymation Christmas Celebration
1987
Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time
1987
The Festival of Claymation
1987
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1985
The Great Cognito
1982
The Creation
1981
God's Trombones
1981
A Christmas Gift
1980
Dinosaurs!
1980
Dinosaur
1980
Legacy: A Very Short History of Natural Resources
1979
The Little Prince
1979
Rip Van Winkle
1978
Claymation: Three Dimensional Clay Animation
1978
Martin the Cobbler
1977
Mountain Music
1976
Closed Mondays
1974
Gone for a Better Deal
1974
