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.

Directed

1. Moonwalker (1988) — Director
2. The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985) — Director
3. Closed Mondays (1974) — Director
4. Claymation Christmas Celebration (1987) — Director
5. The Great Cognito (1982) — Director
6. The Creation (1981) — Director
7. Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time (1987) — Director
8. The Little Prince (1979) — Director
9. Martin the Cobbler (1977) — Director
10. Rip Van Winkle (1978) — Director
11. Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II (1990) — Director
12. A Christmas Gift (1980) — Director
13. Mountain Music (1976) — Director
14. The Festival of Claymation (1987) — Director
15. Claymation: Three Dimensional Clay Animation (1978) — Director
16. Legacy: A Very Short History of Natural Resources (1979) — Director
17. Gone for a Better Deal (1974) — Director
18. Dinosaurs! (1980) — Director
19. The World's Greatest Animation (1994) — Director
20. The Morning After (2005) — Director
21. Klay's TV (1998) — Director
22. God's Trombones (1981) — Director
23. Dinosaur (1980) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985) — Dan'l Webster (voice)
2. LIGHT & MAGIC (2022) — Self (archive footage)
3. Prisoners of Gravity (1989) — Self
4. Claydream (2022) — Self (archive footage)
5. Animation Outlaws (2019) — Self
6. Adventures in Plymptoons! (2011) — Self
7. Remembering Return to Oz (2021) — Self