Will Vinton
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 17, 1947, McMinnville, Oregon, USA
- Died
- October 4, 2018
- Movies
- 33
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.
Upcoming Will Vinton Movies
Go Down Death
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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2022 | Claydream | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Remembering Return to Oz | Self |
| 2019 | Animation Outlaws | Self |
| 2011 | Adventures in Plymptoons! | Self |
| 1985 | The Adventures of Mark Twain | Dan'l Webster (voice) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
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