Will Vinton
Age: N/A | From: McMinnville, Oregon, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: McMinnville, Oregon, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 49
TV Involvements: 4
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The California Raisin Show
(1989) Executive Producer
The PJs
(1999) Executive Producer
The Wild
(2006) Executive Producer
Moonwalker
(1988) Producer
Gary & Mike
(2001) Producer
Return to Oz
(1985) Animation Director
The Adventures of Mark Twain
(1985) Animation
Will Vinton's Claymation Easter
(1992) StoryActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2021 | Self | |
| 2019 | Himself | |
| 2011 | Himself | |
| 1989 | Self | |
| 1985 | Dan'l Webster (voice) | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Executive Producer | |
| 2005 | Producer | |
| 2002 | Executive Producer | |
| 2001 | Producer | |
| 2000 | Executive Producer | |
| 1999 | Producer | |
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| 1997 | Producer | |
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| 1994 | Producer | |
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| 1992 | Producer | |
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| 1991 | Executive Producer | |
| 1989 | Executive Producer | |
| 1988 | Producer | |
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| 1987 | Producer | |
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| 1986 | Producer | |
| 1980 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Director | |
| 1997 | Director | |
| 1994 | Director | |
| 1990 | Director | |
| 1988 | Director | |
| 1987 | Director | |
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| 1985 | Director | |
| 1982 | Director | |
| 1981 | Director | |
| 1980 | Director | |
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| 1979 | Director | |
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| 1978 | Director | |
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| 1977 | Director | |
| 1976 | Director | |
| 1974 | Director | |
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| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Screenplay | |
| 1992 | Story | |
| 1987 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Visual Effects
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Animation | |
| 1985 | Animation Director | |
| Animation | ||
| 1974 | Animation | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
