Will Vinton
Director
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.
As Director
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1985
Closed Mondays
1974
Claymation Christmas Celebration
1987
The Great Cognito
1982
The Creation
1981
Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time
1987
The Little Prince
1979
Martin the Cobbler
1977
Rip Van Winkle
1978
A Christmas Gift
1980
