Will Vinton

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.

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Moonwalker 1988Movie Director

The Adventures of Mark Twain 1985Movie as Dan'l Webster (voice)

Will Vinton's Claymation Easter 1992Movie Story, Producer

Claydream 2022Movie as Self (archive footage)

Animation Outlaws 2019Movie as Self

Claymation Christmas Celebration 1987Movie Director, Producer