9.0
9.0
Claymation: Three Dimensional Clay Animation
1978
Director
Will Vinton
Also known as: William Gale Vinton
Directing
Born:November 17, 1947
Died:October 4, 2018(aged 70)
Birthplace:McMinnville, Oregon, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:University of California, Berkeley
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (36 movies)
8.3
8.3
Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time
1987
Director
8.2
8.2
Martin the Cobbler
1977
Director
8.0
8.0
Bride of Resistor
1997
Producer
8.0
8.0
Mr. Resistor
1994
Producer
7.2
7.2
Claymation Christmas Celebration
1987
Producer
7.1
7.1
Moonwalker
1988
Producer
7.0
7.0
Will Vinton's Claymation Easter
1992
Producer
7.0
7.0
A Christmas Gift
1980
Director
7.0
7.0
Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II
1990
Director
6.8
6.8
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1985
Director
6.8
6.8
The Little Prince
1979
Director
6.5
6.5
The Creation
1981
Director
6.4
6.4
Claydream
2022
as Self (archive footage)
6.3
6.3
Animation Outlaws
2019
as Self
6.2
6.2
Closed Mondays
1974
Director
6.0
6.0
Will Vinton's Claymation Comedy of Horrors
1991
Executive Producer
6.0
6.0
Meet the Raisins!
1988
Producer
5.5
5.5
The Wild
2006
Executive Producer
5.5
5.5
The Great Cognito
1982
Director
5.0
5.0
Mountain Music
1976
Writer
5.0
5.0
Rip Van Winkle
1978
Director
4.8
4.8
Shadow Play
1986
Producer
Remembering Return to Oz
2021
as Self
The Festival of Claymation
1987
Producer
God's Trombones
1981
Director
Legacy: A Very Short History of Natural Resources
1979
Director
Hammer Time
1994
Executive Producer
The World's Greatest Animation
1994
Director
The Morning After
2005
Producer
Gone for a Better Deal
1974
Director
Klay's TV
1998
Director
I Lost My M in Vegas
1999
Executive Producer
Dinosaur
1980
Director
Dinosaurs!
1980
Producer
Día de los muertos
2002
Executive Producer
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