Will Vinton
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.
Cast
Crew
Mr. Resistor
Producer
Bride of Resistor
Producer
Claymation Christmas Celebration
Director, Producer
The Wild
Executive Producer
Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II
Director
Moonwalker
Producer, Director
Closed Mondays
Director, Animation
Legacy: A Very Short History of Natural Resources
Director
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Director, Animation
Gone for a Better Deal
Director
Martin the Cobbler
Director
Rip Van Winkle
Director
Dinosaurs!
Producer, Director
The Creation
Director
The Little Prince
Director
The Great Cognito
Director
Hammer Time
Executive Producer
Meet the Raisins!
Producer
Will Vinton's Claymation Easter
Producer, Executive Producer, Story
Mountain Music
Director, Writer, Producer, Animation
Will Vinton's Claymation Comedy of Horrors
Executive Producer
Día de los muertos
Executive Producer
A Christmas Gift
Director
The Festival of Claymation
Director, Producer, Writer, Animation
The World's Greatest Animation
Director
Shadow Play
Producer
Claymation: Three Dimensional Clay Animation
Director
The Morning After
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time
Director
Return to Oz
Animation Director
Klay's TV
Director
God's Trombones
Director
I Lost My M in Vegas
Executive Producer
Dinosaur
Director