Vinton was best known for his Claymation work, alongside creating iconic characters such as The California Raisins. He was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning once. [2]

Will Vinton was born on 17 November 1947 in McMinnville, Oregon, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Closed Mondays (1974), Moonwalker (1988) and Return to Oz (1985). He …

Jul 20, 2025 · Unfortunately by 2002, Phil Knight took over the stop-motion studio after becoming the majority shareholder, and when Will Vinton failed to raise enough funds for feature films, …

Will Vinton, the first person born in Oregon to win an Academy Award, revitalized the art of clay-based stop motion animation using Claymation, as he called it, to achieve significant critical …

Nov 13, 2024 · One of the first (of many) mistakes I made as a young WW staffer in the early ‘90s was calling Will Vinton the winner of Portland’s first Academy Award.

Will Vinton (1947-2018) was an animator best known for his stop-motion technique using clay figures, which he termed Claymation. He won an Oscar for his 1975 short Closed Mondays …

Academy Award and primetime Emmy Award winning director/producer Will Vinton has formed a new 3D animation company, Freewill Entertainment to develop, direct, and produce unique …

Background Vinton, Will was born on November 17, 1947 in McMinnville, Oregon, United States. Son of Gale B. and Saima Vinton.

Oct 9, 2018 · The innovative Portland filmmaker Will Vinton, best known for his iconic work with stop-motion animation, died on Thursday, October 5, at the age of 70, following a 12-year …

Nov 18, 2018 · The father of Claymation, the roller-coster story of Vinton Studios, and an extraordinary talent. Will Vinton made animation history.