‘Claydream’ Review: Will Vinton Doc Exposes Viciousness Of Legal Battle With Phil Knight
Marq Evans’s film also gives a rounded portrait of Vinton himself, as a visionary but flawed artist and leader.
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EXCLUSIVE: First Look At Will Vinton Documentary ‘Welcome To My Daydream’
An exclusive first-look at the upcoming documentary about animation legend Will Vinton and how he changed stop-motion animation in the United States.
Laika is Here to Stay, Will Keep Making Films
What’s the coolest thing about having your animation studio run by one of the world’s richest men? You get to make as many animated movies as you damn please.
How Will Vinton Lost His Studio to a Rapper Named Chilly Tee
Laika does amazing work as an animation studio, no doubt about it, but the studio’s history is somewhat less admirable. The company was built on top of Will Vinton’s eponymous Portland studio in a shrewd corporate takeover by multi-billionaire Nike co-founder Phil Knight. After Knight took control of the company in 2002, he placed a failed rapper named Chilly Tee with slight experience in animation, who also happened to be his son Travis Knight, in charge of the entire company.