Will Vinton

Born: 1947-11-17

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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The Adventures of Mark Twain

as Dan'l Webster (voice)
Released: 1985-03-01

Based on elements from the stories of Mark Twain, this feature-length Claymation fantasy follows...

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Animation Outlaws

as Himself
Released: 2019-09-27

Walt Disney said “We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth,...

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Claydream

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2022-08-05

A modern day Walt Disney, Will Vinton picked up a ball of clay and saw a world of potential....

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Remembering Return to Oz

as Self
Released: 2021-11-19

The gathered memories and warm recollections of the cast and crew of the 1985 Walt Disney...

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Prisoners of Gravity

as Self
First aired: 1989-08-21

Prisoners of Gravity was a Canadian public broadcasting television news magazine program that...

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