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William Gale Vinton (November 17, 1947 – October 4, 2018) was an American animator and filmmaker. Vinton was best known for his Claymation work, alongside creating iconic characters such as The California Raisins .
Will Vinton was a pioneer of claymation, a stop-motion animation technique using clay figures. He created and directed many award-winning shorts and features, such as Closed Mondays, Return to Oz and The Adventures of Mark Twain.
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Oct 9, 2018 · Will Vinton, who used his and a partner’s revolutionary stop-motion animation process, Claymation, to win an Academy Award with an early cartoon and to create memorable commercial characters ...
Oct 4, 2018 · Will Vinton, the Oscar-winning visionary with the distinctive waxed mustache who coined the term “Claymation” and founded the studio that created the California Raisins, has died. He was 70.
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Oct 5, 2018 · Will Vinton, who coined the term Claymation and created iconic characters like the California Raisins, passed away after a long battle with multiple myeloma. He founded Will Vinton Studios, which became Laika, and was the subject of a documentary film.
Oct 5, 2018 · Will Vinton (1947 – 2018) was a stop-motion animator who coined the term Claymation. During the 1980s and 90s his cartoonish clay animations were frequently seen in national commercials. He...
Oct 6, 2018 · Vinton, the award-winning animator known for his groundbreaking work with Claymation, died Thursday in Portland, Ore., after a 12-year battle with multiple myeloma. He was 70. “He saw the world...
