Will Vinton
Known for: Directing
Born: November 17, 1947
Died: October 4, 2018
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
39 movies · 5 TV shows, newest first
6.8
Claydream
2022
7.9
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022
NR
Remembering Return to Oz
2021
6.3
Animation Outlaws
2019
2.0
Adventures in Plymptoons!
2011
5.6
The Wild
2006NR
The Morning After
20057.0
Día de los muertos
2002
7.0
Gary & Mike
2001
NR
I Lost My M in Vegas
1999
6.9
The PJs
1999NR
Klay's TV
1998
7.0
The Online Adventures of Ozzie the Elf
1997
7.8
Bride of Resistor
1997
7.9
Mr. Resistor
1994
NR
Hammer Time
1994
NR
The World's Greatest Animation
1994
7.5
Will Vinton's Claymation Easter
1992
6.0
Will Vinton's Claymation Comedy of Horrors
1991
7.0
Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II
1990
4.8
The California Raisin Show
1989
5.9
Prisoners of Gravity
1989
6.3
Meet the Raisins!
1988
7.1
Moonwalker
1988
7.2
Claymation Christmas Celebration
1987
8.4
Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time
1987
7.0
The Festival of Claymation
1987
5.2
Shadow Play
1986
6.7
Return to Oz
1985
6.7
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1985
5.6
The Great Cognito
19826.9
The Creation
1981
NR
God's Trombones
1981
7.0
A Christmas Gift
1980
NR
Dinosaurs!
1980
NR
Dinosaur
1980
NR
Legacy: A Very Short History of Natural Resources
1979
6.6
The Little Prince
1979
5.7
Rip Van Winkle
1978
9.0
Claymation: Three Dimensional Clay Animation
1978
8.0
Martin the Cobbler
1977
5.0
Mountain Music
1976
6.3
Closed Mondays
1974NR
Gone for a Better Deal
1974