About
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".
Filmography
The Wild2006 · Executive Producer
The Morning After2005 · Producer, Director, Screenplay
Día de los muertos2002 · Executive Producer
I Lost My M in Vegas1999 · Executive Producer
Klay's TV1998 · Director
The Online Adventures of Ozzie the Elf1997 · Executive Producer
Bride of Resistor1997 · Producer
Mr. Resistor1994 · Producer
Hammer Time1994 · Executive Producer
The World's Greatest Animation1994 · Director
Will Vinton's Claymation Easter1992 · Producer, Executive Producer, Story
Will Vinton's Claymation Comedy of Horrors1991 · Executive Producer
Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II1990 · Director, Producer
Meet the Raisins!1988 · Producer
Moonwalker1988 · Producer, Director
Claymation Christmas Celebration1987 · Director, Producer
Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time1987 · Director
The Festival of Claymation1987 · Director, Writer, Producer, Animation
Shadow Play1986 · Producer
Return to Oz1985 · Animation Director