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Will Vinton

Director

Will Vinton

· McMinnville, Oregon, USA

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53
TV credits
5
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Biography

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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Filmography

Acting (7)

  1. 2022

  2. 2021

  3. 2019

  4. 2011

  5. 1989

  6. 1985

Production (20)

  1. 2006

  2. 2005

  3. 2002

  4. 2001

  5. 1999

  6. 1997

  7. 1994

  8. 1992

  9. 1991

  10. 1989

  11. 1988

  12. 1987

  13. 1986

  14. 1980

  15. 1976

Directing (22)

  1. 2005

  2. 1998

  3. 1994

  4. 1990

  5. 1988

  6. 1987

  7. 1985

  8. 1982

  9. 1981

  10. 1980

  11. 1979

  12. 1978

  13. 1977

  14. 1976

  15. 1974

Writing (4)

  1. 2005

  2. 1992

  3. 1987

  4. 1976

Visual Effects (5)

  1. 1987

  2. 1985

  3. 1976

  4. 1974

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