Will Vinton
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.
As actor 7
On the crew 38
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1985
The Wild
2006
The PJs
1999
Moonwalker
1988
Gary & Mike
2001
Return to Oz
1985
The California Raisin Show
1989
Closed Mondays
1974
Shadow Play
1986
Dinosaur
1980
Mr. Resistor
1994
Mountain Music
1976
Bride of Resistor
1997
I Lost My M in Vegas
1999
God's Trombones
1981
Claymation Christmas Celebration
1987
Will Vinton's Claymation Easter
1992
Rip Van Winkle
1978
The Online Adventures of Ozzie the Elf
1997
Dinosaurs!
1980
Will Vinton's Claymation Comedy of Horrors
1991
The Little Prince
1979
Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II
1990
The Creation
1981
The World's Greatest Animation
1994
Klay's TV
1998
The Great Cognito
1982
A Christmas Gift
1980
Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time
1987
The Festival of Claymation
1987
Martin the Cobbler
1977
Legacy: A Very Short History of Natural Resources
1979
Claymation: Three Dimensional Clay Animation
1978
Meet the Raisins!
1988
Hammer Time
1994
Gone for a Better Deal
1974
The Morning After
2005
Día de los muertos
2002