Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
November 17, 1947
Died
October 4, 2018 (70 years old)
McMinnville, Oregon, USA
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.
Known For
Acting
Directing
The Wild
Executive Producer
2006
The PJs
Executive Producer
1999
Moonwalker
Producer, Director
1988
Claymation Christmas Celebration
Producer, Director
1987
Return to Oz
Animation Director
1985
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Director, Animation
1985
The Great Cognito
Director, Producer
1982
Closed Mondays
Director, Animation
1974