Barry Bruce

 Portland-based clay animator, director and designer, who worked at Will Vinton Studios. His credits include shorts such as Martin the Cobbler, Rip Van Winkle, The Little Prince, Dinosaur, A Christmas Gift, the Oscar-nominated The Great Cognito and Return to Oz, Sesame Street and A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (animation supervisor). He won an Emmy in for his work on the special Claymation Easter and was nominated for two Emmys for directing the Meet the Raisins! TV special and the Claymation Comedy of Horror Show. Died Dec. 14, 2021, age 77 (cancer).  READ MORE