Actor

Will Vinton

1985–present1947–2018DocumentaryAdventureFantasyAnimation

World Builder

Also directed 23 films ↗Also wrote 4 screenplays ↗

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About

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.

As Director

Full director page ↗

1987Claymation Christmas Celebration 1990Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II 1974Closed Mondays 1979Legacy: A Very Short History of Natural Resources 1988Moonwalker 1985The Adventures of Mark Twain

As Screenwriter

Full writer page ↗

1992Will Vinton's Claymation Easter 1987The Festival of Claymation 2005The Morning After 1976Mountain Music

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