Will Vinton
Directing
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.
Behind the camera
1994The World's Greatest Animation
Director
1990Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II
Director
1988Moonwalker
Director
1987Claymation Christmas Celebration
Director
1987The Festival of Claymation
Director & Writer
1987Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time
Director
1985The Adventures of Mark Twain
Director
1982The Great Cognito
Director
1981God's Trombones
Director
1980Dinosaurs!
Director
1980A Christmas Gift
Director
1979Legacy: A Very Short History of Natural Resources
Director
1979The Little Prince
Director
1978Rip Van Winkle
Director
1978Claymation: Three Dimensional Clay Animation
Director
1977Martin the Cobbler
Director
1976Mountain Music
Director & Writer
1974Closed Mondays
Director