Will Vinton
Birthday: 1947-11-17 | Place of Birth: McMinnville, Oregon, USAAward-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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Known For
Acting
Year
Title
Role
2022
Claydream
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Remembering Return to Oz
as Self
2019
Animation Outlaws
as Himself
1985
The Adventures of Mark Twain
as Dan'l Webster (voice)
