Will Vinton
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 17, 1947
- Place of birth
- McMinnville, Oregon, USA
- Died
- October 4, 2018
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.
Movies with Will Vinton
- The Adventures of Mark Twain 1985 · ★ 6.7
- Claydream 2022 · ★ 6.8
- Animation Outlaws 2019 · ★ 6.3
- Adventures in Plymptoons! 2011 · ★ 2.0
- Remembering Return to Oz 2021
Movies directed by Will Vinton
- Moonwalker 1988 · ★ 7.1
- The Adventures of Mark Twain 1985 · ★ 6.7
- Closed Mondays 1974 · ★ 6.2
- Claymation Christmas Celebration 1987 · ★ 7.2
- The Great Cognito 1982 · ★ 5.6
- The Creation 1981 · ★ 6.9
- Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time 1987 · ★ 8.4
- The Little Prince 1979 · ★ 6.6
- Martin the Cobbler 1977 · ★ 8.0
- Rip Van Winkle 1978 · ★ 5.7
- Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II 1990 · ★ 7.0
- A Christmas Gift 1980 · ★ 7.0
- Mountain Music 1976 · ★ 5.0
- The Festival of Claymation 1987 · ★ 7.0
- Claymation: Three Dimensional Clay Animation 1978 · ★ 9.0
- Legacy: A Very Short History of Natural Resources 1979
- Gone for a Better Deal 1974
- Dinosaurs! 1980
- The World's Greatest Animation 1994
- The Morning After 2005
- Klay's TV 1998
- God's Trombones 1981
- Dinosaur 1980