🎬 Director
Will Vinton
🎂 Born 17 November 1947 (age 70)✝ 4 October 2018📍 McMinnville, Oregon, USA
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Popularity Score
5
Acting Credits
18
Directed
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
Directed Films(18)
★ 7.1
Moonwalker
1988
Director
★ 6.8
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1985
Director
Dinosaurs!
1980
Director
★ 7.2
Claymation Christmas Celebration
1987
Director
God's Trombones
1981
Director
★ 8.4
Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time
1987
Director
★ 6.6
The Little Prince
1979
Director
★ 5.6
The Great Cognito
1982
Director
The World's Greatest Animation
1994
Director
★ 5.7
Rip Van Winkle
1978
Director
★ 7.0
Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II
1990
Director
★ 6.3
Closed Mondays
1974
Director
★ 9.0
Claymation: Three Dimensional Clay Animation
1978
Director
Legacy: A Very Short History of Natural Resources
1979
Director
★ 7.0
The Festival of Claymation
1987
Director
★ 7.0
A Christmas Gift
1980
Director
★ 8.0
Martin the Cobbler
1977
Director
★ 5.0
Mountain Music
1976
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