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Will Vinton Biography (1947-)

Full name, William Gale Vinton; born November 17, 1947, in McMinnville, OR; son of Gale B. (a car dealer) and Saima (a bookkeeper; maiden name, Pekkola) Vinton; married Susan Shadburne (a writer and director); children: three. Addresses: Office--Will Vinton Productions, Inc., 1400 Northwest 22nd Ave., Portland, OR 97210.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

November 17, 1947

McMinnville, Oregon, United States

Famous Works

• Credits; FILM PRODUCER AND ANIMATOR,EXCEPT WHERE NOTED
• Producer (with Bob Gardiner), Closed Mondays, Lighthouse Productions, 1974.
• The Creation, Will Vinton Productions, 1981.
• The Great Cognito, Will Vinton Productions, 1982.
• (With Ian Wingrove, Zoran Perisic, and Michael Lloyd) Return to Oz, BuenaVista, 1985.
• And director and coeditor, The Adventures of Mark Twain, Harbour Towns, 1986.
• Producer, Shadow Play, New World, 1986.
• Producer and animator of short films, including Mountain Music, 1976; Martin the Cobbler, 1977; Rip Van Winkle, 1978; Claymation, 1978; Legacy, 1979;The Little Prince, 1979; Dinosaur, 1980; A Christmas Gift, 1980; The Diary, 1981; and Shadow Play, 1986; director of the collection of his short films titled A Festival of Claymation, 1987; producer and co-director of Moonwalker, 1988; contributor of animation to Divine Madness, 1980.
• Credits; TELEVISION WORK; SPECIALS
• Producer, A Claymation Christmas Celebration (also known as Will Vinton'sClaymation Christmas Celebration), CBS, 1987.
• Producer and creator, Meet the Raisins: The Story of the California Raisins (also known as Claymation: The Story of the California Raisins), CBS, 1988.
• Director, The Raisins Sold Out!, CBS, 1990.
• Executive producer, The Claymation Comedy of Horrors Show (also known asWill Vinton's Claymation Halloween), CBS, 1991.
• Executive producer, Will Vinton's Claymation Easter, CBS, 1992.
• Credits; TELEVISION WORK; EPISODIC
• Producer of animation (with Mark Gustafson and David Altschul) "Come Back, Little Shiksa," Moonlighting, ABC, 1985.
• Credits; VIDEOTAPES
• Producer and animator of the music video Vanz Kant Danz, 1985.

Further Reference

PERIODICALS

• American Cinematographer, May, 1985; November, 1985.
• People, March 9, 1987, p. 76.