Will Vinton
Known for Directing
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.
Filmography
Moonwalker
1988
Director
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1985
Director
Dinosaur
1980
Director
God's Trombones
1981
Director
Claymation Christmas Celebration
1987
Director
A Christmas Gift
1980
Director
Dinosaurs!
1980
Director
Mountain Music
1976
Director
Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II
1990
Director
The Great Cognito
1982
Director
The Creation
1981
Director
Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time
1987
Director
Closed Mondays
1974
Director
The World's Greatest Animation
1994
Director
Klay's TV
1998
Director
The Little Prince
1979
Director
Martin the Cobbler
1977
Director
The Morning After
2005
Director
Legacy: A Very Short History of Natural Resources
1979
Director
Rip Van Winkle
1978
Director