Will Vinton
Born in McMinnville, Oregon, USA — Nov 17 1947• Died Oct 04 2018
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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 t…
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Will Vinton's Credits
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The PJs
Production
Prisoners of Gravity
Self
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self (archive footage)
Gary & Mike
Production
The Wild
Production
Return to Oz
Visual Effects
Moonwalker
Production
The California Raisin Show
Production
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Dan'l Webster (voice)
Claydream
Self (archive footage)
Animation Outlaws
Self
Adventures in Plymptoons!
Self
Remembering Return to Oz
Self
The Creation
Directing
Mr. Resistor
Production
Shadow Play
Production
Rip Van Winkle
Directing
The Online Adventures of Ozzie the Elf
Production
The Little Prince
Directing
Will Vinton's Claymation Easter
Production
Meet the Raisins!
Production
I Lost My M in Vegas
Production
God's Trombones
Directing
The World's Greatest Animation
Directing
Will Vinton's Claymation Comedy of Horrors
Production
Dinosaurs!
Production
Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II
Directing
Claymation Christmas Celebration
Directing
Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time
Directing
Bride of Resistor
Production
Martin the Cobbler
Directing
Hammer Time
Production
The Great Cognito
Directing
Día de los muertos
Production
Klay's TV
Directing
A Christmas Gift
Directing
Dinosaur
Directing
Closed Mondays
Directing
The Festival of Claymation
Directing
Claymation: Three Dimensional Clay Animation
Directing
The Morning After
Directing
Mountain Music
Directing
Legacy: A Very Short History of Natural Resources
Directing
Gone for a Better Deal
Directing