Will Vinton
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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.
Known for
Credits
Moonwalker (1988)
Director
The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)
Director
Claymation Christmas Celebration (1987)
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Closed Mondays (1974)
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Dinosaur (1980)
Director
Mountain Music (1976)
Director
Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II (1990)
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The Great Cognito (1982)
Director
God's Trombones (1981)
Director
Go Down Death (—)
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A Christmas Gift (1980)
Director
Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time (1987)
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Martin the Cobbler (1977)
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The Creation (1981)
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Klay's TV (1998)
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The Little Prince (1979)
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The World's Greatest Animation (1994)
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The Festival of Claymation (1987)
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Dinosaurs! (1980)
Director
Legacy: A Very Short History of Natural Resources (1979)
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Gone for a Better Deal (1974)
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Claymation: Three Dimensional Clay Animation (1978)
Director
Rip Van Winkle (1978)
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The Morning After (2005)
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