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