Will Vinton
Known for
Directing
Born
November 17, 1947
Birthplace
McMinnville, Oregon, USA
Died
October 4, 2018 (aged 70)
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.
Best known work
The Wild
2006
Return to Oz
1985
Moonwalker
1988
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1985
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022
The PJs
1999
Closed Mondays
1974
Claymation Christmas Celebration
1987
The Great Cognito
1982
Will Vinton's Claymation Comedy of Horrors
1991Filmography
TBA
Go Down DeathDirector
2022
Claydreamas Self (archive footage)
2022
2021
Remembering Return to Ozas Self
2019
Animation Outlawsas Self
2011
Adventures in Plymptoons!as Self
2006
The WildExecutive Producer
2005
The Morning AfterDirector, Producer, Screenplay
2002
Día de los muertosExecutive Producer
2001
1999
I Lost My M in VegasExecutive Producer
1999
1998
Klay's TVDirector
1997
The Online Adventures of Ozzie the ElfExecutive Producer
1997
Bride of ResistorProducer
1994
Mr. ResistorProducer
1994
Hammer TimeExecutive Producer
1994
The World's Greatest AnimationDirector
1992
Will Vinton's Claymation EasterProducer, Executive Producer, Story
1991
Will Vinton's Claymation Comedy of HorrorsExecutive Producer
1990
Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins IIDirector, Producer
1989
1989
1988
Meet the Raisins!Producer
1988
MoonwalkerProducer, Director