Will Vinton
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 17 November 1947 · McMinnville, Oregon, USA
- Died
- 4 October 2018
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
Directing 24
- 2026Go Down Death · director
- 2005The Morning After · director
- 1998Klay's TV · director
- 1994The World's Greatest Animation · director
- 1990Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II · director
- 1988Moonwalker · director
- 1987Claymation Christmas Celebration · director
- 1987Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time · director
- 1987The Festival of Claymation · director
- 1985The Adventures of Mark Twain · director
- 1982The Great Cognito · director
- 1981The Creation · director
- 1981God's Trombones · director
- 1980A Christmas Gift · director
- 1980Dinosaurs! · director
- 1980Dinosaur · director
- 1979Legacy: A Very Short History of Natural Resources · director
- 1979The Little Prince · director
- 1978Rip Van Winkle · director
- 1978Claymation: Three Dimensional Clay Animation · director
- 1977Martin the Cobbler · director
- 1976Mountain Music · director
- 1974Closed Mondays · director
- 1974Gone for a Better Deal · director
Acting 5
- 2022Claydream as Self (archive footage)
- 2021Remembering Return to Oz as Self
- 2019Animation Outlaws as Self
- 2011Adventures in Plymptoons! as Self
- 1985The Adventures of Mark Twain as Dan'l Webster (voice)
Production 21
- 2006The Wild · executive producer
- 2005The Morning After · producer
- 2002Día de los muertos · executive producer
- 1999I Lost My M in Vegas · executive producer
- 1999The PJs · executive producer
- 1997The Online Adventures of Ozzie the Elf · executive producer
- 1997Bride of Resistor · producer
- 1994Mr. Resistor · producer
- 1994Hammer Time · executive producer
- 1992Will Vinton's Claymation Easter · producer
- 1991Will Vinton's Claymation Comedy of Horrors · executive producer
- 1990Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II · producer
- 1988Meet the Raisins! · producer
- 1988Moonwalker · producer
- 1987Claymation Christmas Celebration · producer
- 1987The Festival of Claymation · producer
- 1986Shadow Play · producer
- 1982The Great Cognito · producer
- 1980Dinosaurs! · producer
- 1978Rip Van Winkle · producer
- 1976Mountain Music · producer
Writing 4
- 2005The Morning After · screenplay
- 1992Will Vinton's Claymation Easter · story
- 1987The Festival of Claymation · writer
- 1976Mountain Music · writer
visual effects 5
- 1987The Festival of Claymation · animation
- 1985Return to Oz · animation director
- 1985The Adventures of Mark Twain · animation
- 1976Mountain Music · animation
- 1974Closed Mondays · animation