Will Vinton

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.

Known For

LIGHT & MAGIC

Prisoners of Gravity

The Adventures of Mark Twain

Animation Outlaws

Claydream

Remembering Return to Oz

All Movies (5)

• Claydream2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Remembering Return to Oz2021 · as Self
• Animation Outlaws2019 · as Self
• Adventures in Plymptoons!2011 · as Self
• The Adventures of Mark Twain1985 · as Dan'l Webster (voice)

All TV Shows (2)

• LIGHT & MAGIC2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Prisoners of Gravity1989 · as Self