Will Vinton

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.

Movies with Will Vinton

6.8

The Adventures of Mark Twain

Mar 1, 1985

6.3

Animation Outlaws

Sep 27, 2019

2.0

Adventures in Plymptoons!

May 30, 2011

6.4

Claydream

Aug 5, 2022

Remembering Return to Oz

Nov 19, 2021

TV shows with Will Vinton

5.7

Prisoners of Gravity

Aug 21, 1989