Directed credits
17
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Will Vinton
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.0
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Directed movies: 17Directed series: 0All crew credits: 32
TMDB ID: 60220
IMDb ID: nm0899139
Known for: Directing
Born: November 17, 1947
Died: October 4, 2018
Age: 70
Place of birth: McMinnville, Oregon, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1974 - 2022
Years active: 49
Average TMDB rating: 6.73
Wikidata: Q973687
Frequent jobs
Director (16)Animation Director (1)Producer (8)Executive Producer (7)
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.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Will Vinton.
The World's Greatest Animation
Director
1994 Movie
7.0
Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II
Director
1990 Movie
7.1
Claymation Christmas Celebration
Director
1987 Movie
8.3
Dinosaurs: A Fun Filled Trip Back in Time
Director
1987 Movie
The Festival of Claymation
Director
1987 Movie
6.7
Return to Oz
Animation Director
1985 Movie
6.8
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Director
1985 Movie
5.5
The Great Cognito
Director
1982 Movie
God's Trombones
Director
1981 Movie
7.0
A Christmas Gift
Director
1980 Movie
Legacy: A Very Short History of Natural Resources
Director
1979 Movie
6.5
The Little Prince
Director
1979 Movie
5.0
Rip Van Winkle
Director
1978 Movie
9.0
Claymation: Three Dimensional Clay Animation
Director
1978 Movie
8.2
Martin the Cobbler
Director
1977 Movie
5.0
Mountain Music
Director
1976 Movie
6.2
Closed Mondays
Director
1974 Movie
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Highest rated movies linked with Will Vinton.
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Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Will Vinton.
6.8
Claydream
as Self (archive footage)
2022 Movie
7.0
Moonwalker
Producer
1988 Movie
5.5
The Wild
Executive Producer
2006 Movie
6.7
Return to Oz
Animation Director
1985 Movie
6.2
Closed Mondays
Director
1974 Movie
5.0
Mountain Music
Director
1976 Movie
8.0
Mr. Resistor
Producer
1994 Movie
God's Trombones
Director
1981 Movie
6.8
The Adventures of Mark Twain
Director
1985 Movie
6.3
Animation Outlaws
as Self
2019 Movie
Remembering Return to Oz
as Self
2021 Movie
7.1
Claymation Christmas Celebration
Director
1987 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Will Vinton.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Will Vinton.
5.5
The Wild
Executive Producer
2006 Movie
I Lost My M in Vegas
Executive Producer
1999 Movie
The Online Adventures of Ozzie the Elf
Executive Producer
1997 Movie
8.0
Bride of Resistor
Producer
1997 Movie
8.0
Mr. Resistor
Producer
1994 Movie
Hammer Time
Executive Producer
1994 Movie
7.0
Will Vinton's Claymation Easter
Producer
1992 Movie
6.0
Will Vinton's Claymation Comedy of Horrors
Executive Producer
1991 Movie
6.0
Meet the Raisins!
Producer
1988 Movie
7.0
Moonwalker
Producer
1988 Movie
4.8
Shadow Play
Producer
1986 Movie
Dinosaurs!
Producer
1980 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Will Vinton.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Will Vinton.
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Will Vinton.