Directing
Will Vinton
Born November 17, 1947 McMinnville, Oregon, USA
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 Films
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The World's Greatest Animation
1994·Animation
7.0
Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II
1990·Animation
7.1
Moonwalker
1988·Fantasy
7.2
Claymation Christmas Celebration
1987·Animation
8.4
Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time
1987·Family
7.0
The Festival of Claymation
1987·Animation
6.8
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1985·Animation
5.6
The Great Cognito
1982·Animation
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God's Trombones
1981·Animation
7.0
A Christmas Gift
1980·Animation
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Dinosaurs!
1980·Animation
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Dinosaur
1980·Animation
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Legacy: A Very Short History of Natural Resources
1979·Animation
6.6
The Little Prince
1979·Animation
5.7
Rip Van Winkle
1978·Animation
9.0
Claymation: Three Dimensional Clay Animation
1978·Documentary
8.0
Martin the Cobbler
1977·Animation
5.0
Mountain Music
1976·Animation
6.3
Closed Mondays
1974·Animation
