Will Vinton
Directing
- Born
- November 17, 1947 · McMinnville, Oregon, USA
- Died
- October 4, 2018 (age 70)
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".
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He died on October 4, 2018 in Portland, Oregon.
Known for
The Wild
April 6, 2006
Return to Oz
June 21, 1985
Moonwalker
October 29, 1988
The Adventures of Mark Twain
March 1, 1985
Closed Mondays
October 1, 1974
Claymation Christmas Celebration
December 21, 1987
The Great Cognito
January 2, 1982
Will Vinton's Claymation Comedy of Horrors
May 29, 1991
Mr. Resistor
January 21, 1994
Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time
November 20, 1987
The Little Prince
May 7, 1979
Meet the Raisins!
November 4, 1988
Behind the camera36
- 2006The Wild Executive Producer
- 2005The Morning After Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 2002Día de los muertos Executive Producer
- 1999I Lost My M in Vegas Executive Producer
- 1998Klay's TV Director
- 1997The Online Adventures of Ozzie the Elf Executive Producer
- 1997Bride of Resistor Producer
- 1994Mr. Resistor Producer
- 1994Hammer Time Executive Producer
- 1994The World's Greatest Animation