This morning , Oregonian, Will Vinton passed away after a long battle with Multiple Myeloma. Vinton was, and is, an inspiration to many of animators and filmmakers alike. He started his career in filmmaking in the early 1970’s with Claymation projects such as, “Closed Mondays” for which he won the Best Animated […]
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An Interview with Will Vinton
Whether you’re aware of it or not, you know of Will Vinton. He’s the man who coined and, in 1978, registered the term “claymation” to describe his films’ use of stop-motion animated clay. He’s responsible for some of the most well-recognized ad spokesmen of the twentieth century in this style – the California Raisins and […]
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