Will Vinton

Will Vinton

Award-winning co-director of “Closed Mondays”, the first Claymation ™ 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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Will Vinton Movies

Discover the best movies directed by Will Vinton. Explore the complete filmography, including critically acclaimed masterpieces, box office hits, and top-rated Will Vinton films ranked by score.

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Moonwalker

Moonwalker (1988)

Fantasy Music
Part concert film, part fever dream, Michael Jackson's Moonwalker is a loose anthology of music videos and fantasy sequences built around the Bad era. Jackson plays a shifting figure, sometimes...
Score 7.0

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