Will Vinton
Known for directing · Born 17 November 1947 · Died 4 October 2018 · aged 70 · McMinnville, Oregon, USA
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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.
Known for
Return to Oz
1985
Moonwalker
1988
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1985
The PJs
1999
Closed Mondays
1974
The Wild
2006
Claymation Christmas Celebration
1987
The Great Cognito
1982
The Creation
1981
Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time
1987
The Little Prince
1979
Claydream
2022