Director
Will Vinton
Born 1947 · 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". He died on October 4, 2018 in Portland, Oregon.
Directed
Moonwalker
Director · 1988
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Director · 1985
Claymation Christmas Celebration
Director · 1987
Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time
Director · 1987
Closed Mondays
Director · 1974
Martin the Cobbler
Director · 1977
Claymation: Three Dimensional Clay Animation
Director · 1978
The Creation
Director · 1981
The Little Prince
Director · 1979
The Great Cognito
Director · 1982
Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II
Director · 1990
A Christmas Gift
Director · 1980
The Festival of Claymation
Director · 1987
Rip Van Winkle
Director · 1978
Mountain Music
Director · 1976
Dinosaurs!
Director · 1980
Legacy: A Very Short History of Natural Resources
Director · 1979
Gone for a Better Deal
Director · 1974
