Will Vinton

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Directing

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

• Claydream (2022)
• Remembering Return to Oz (2021)
• Animation Outlaws (2019)
• Adventures in Plymptoons! (2011)
• The Wild (2006)
• The Morning After (2005)
• Día de los muertos (2002)
• I Lost My M in Vegas (1999)
• Klay's TV (1998)
• The Online Adventures of Ozzie the Elf (1997)
• Bride of Resistor (1997)
• Mr. Resistor (1994)
• Hammer Time (1994)
• The World's Greatest Animation (1994)
• Will Vinton's Claymation Easter (1992)
• Will Vinton's Claymation Comedy of Horrors (1991)
• Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II (1990)
• Meet the Raisins! (1988)
• Moonwalker (1988)
• Claymation Christmas Celebration (1987)
• Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time (1987)
• The Festival of Claymation (1987)
• Shadow Play (1986)
• Return to Oz (1985)
• The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)
• The Great Cognito (1982)
• The Creation (1981)
• God's Trombones (1981)
• A Christmas Gift (1980)
• Dinosaurs! (1980)
• Dinosaur (1980)
• Legacy: A Very Short History of Natural Resources (1979)
• The Little Prince (1979)
• Rip Van Winkle (1978)
• Claymation: Three Dimensional Clay Animation (1978)
• Martin the Cobbler (1977)
• Mountain Music (1976)
• Closed Mondays (1974)
• Gone for a Better Deal (1974)
• Go Down Death