Will Vinton
Born: 1947-11-17 in McMinnville, Oregon, USA
Died: 2018-10-04
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2022
- LIGHT & MAGIC as Self (archive footage)
- Claydream as Self (archive footage)
2021
- Remembering Return to Oz as Self
2019
- Animation Outlaws as Self
2011
- Adventures in Plymptoons! as Self
2006
- The Wild ... (Executive Producer)
2005
- The Morning After ... (Director)
2002
- Día de los muertos ... (Executive Producer)
2001
- Gary & Mike ... (Producer)
1999
- The PJs ... (Executive Producer)
- I Lost My M in Vegas ... (Executive Producer)
1998
- Klay's TV ... (Director)
1997
- Bride of Resistor ... (Producer)
1994
- Hammer Time ... (Executive Producer)
- The World's Greatest Animation ... (Director)
- Mr. Resistor ... (Producer)
1992
- Will Vinton's Claymation Easter ... (Producer)
1991
- Will Vinton's Claymation Comedy of Horrors ... (Executive Producer)
1990
- Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II ... (Director)
1989
- Prisoners of Gravity as Self
- The California Raisin Show ... (Executive Producer)
1988
- Moonwalker ... (Producer)
- Meet the Raisins! ... (Producer)
1987
- Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time ... (Director)
- The Festival of Claymation ... (Director)
- Claymation Christmas Celebration ... (Director)
1986
- Shadow Play ... (Producer)
1985
- Return to Oz ... (Animation Director)
- The Adventures of Mark Twain as Dan'l Webster (voice)
1982
- The Great Cognito ... (Director)
1981
- The Creation ... (Director)
- God's Trombones ... (Director)
1980
- Dinosaur ... (Director)
- A Christmas Gift ... (Director)
- Dinosaurs! ... (Producer)
1979
- The Little Prince ... (Director)
- Legacy: A Very Short History of Natural Resources ... (Director)
1978
- Claymation: Three Dimensional Clay Animation ... (Director)
- Rip Van Winkle ... (Director)
1977
- Martin the Cobbler ... (Director)
1976
- Mountain Music ... (Director)
1974
- Closed Mondays ... (Director)
- Gone for a Better Deal ... (Director)