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- Birth nameWilliam Gale Vinton
- Will Vinton was born on November 17, 1947 in McMinnville, Oregon, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Closed Mondays (1974), Moonwalker (1988) and Return to Oz (1985). He was married to Susan Shadburne, Gillian Allred and Bevan Vinton. He died on October 4, 2018 in Portland, Oregon, USA.
- SpousesSusan Shadburne (divorced, 3 children)Gillian Allred(? - October 4, 2018) (his death)Bevan Vinton (divorced)
- ChildrenBilly VintonAlexandra Vinton
- RelativesMary Vinton-Folberg(Sibling)
- Distinctive mustache
- 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".
- Award-winning co-director of "Closed Mondays", the first Claymation (tm) film.
- Was associated with the Cineplay Interactive, Inc. company in the early nineties. Cineplay Interactive was formed by former employees of Cinemaware and Will Vinton Studios. Their first title (Free DC!) did so poorly that the studio never released any other titles and closed in obscurity.
- Freewill Entertainment (new company), Portland, Oregon, USA
- He was cremated at Neptune Cremation Service in Happy Valley, Oregon followed by his urn burial in Portland's River View Cemetery. His celebration of life was held at No Lounge Vacancy in Portland on October 21, 2018.
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