Will Vinton
Directing
Born November 17, 1947 in McMinnville, Oregon, USA
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".
Filmography
Claydream
Self (archive footage)
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self (archive footage)
Remembering Return to Oz
Self
Animation Outlaws
Self
Adventures in Plymptoons!
Self
The Wild
Gary & Mike
I Lost My M in Vegas
The PJs
The Online Adventures of Ozzie the Elf
Bride of Resistor
Mr. Resistor
Hammer Time
The World's Greatest Animation
Will Vinton's Claymation Easter
Will Vinton's Claymation Comedy of Horrors
Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II
The California Raisin Show
Prisoners of Gravity
Self
Meet the Raisins!
Moonwalker
Claymation Christmas Celebration
Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time
The Festival of Claymation
Shadow Play
Return to Oz
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Dan'l Webster (voice)
The Great Cognito
God's Trombones
A Christmas Gift
Dinosaurs!
Dinosaur
Legacy: A Very Short History of Natural Resources
The Little Prince
Rip Van Winkle
Claymation: Three Dimensional Clay Animation
Martin the Cobbler
Mountain Music
Closed Mondays