Will Vinton
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1947-11-17 (71 years old)
Deathday
2018-10-04
Place of Birth
McMinnville, Oregon, USA
Also known As
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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.
Acting
2021
as Self
1985
as Dan'l Webster (voice)
2011
as Self
2019
as Self
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Production
1994
as Producer
1997
as Producer
1987
as Director
1987
as Producer
2006
as Executive Producer
1990
as Director
1988
as Producer
1974
as Director
1979
1988
as Director
1985
as Director
1974
as Director
1978
as Director
1977
as Director
1980
as Producer
1981
as Director
1979
as Director
1982
as Director
1994
as Executive Producer
1992
as Producer
1992
as Executive Producer
1988
as Producer
1992
as Story
1974
as Animation
1980
as Director
1991
as Executive Producer
1976
as Director
2002
as Executive Producer
1980
as Director
1987
as Director
1987
as Writer
1987
as Producer
1987
as Animation
1994
as Director
1986
as Producer
1978
as Director
2005
as Producer
2005
as Director
2005
as Screenplay
1987
as Director
1985
as Animation
1985
as Animation Director
1976
as Writer
1976
as Producer
1976
as Animation
1998
as Director
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