list_text=          One of The Walt Disney Studio's most celebrated film editors is Norman "Stormy" Palmer, who left indelible marks on many Disney feature films, from "The Living Desert" in 1952, to "The Incredible Journey' in 1963, and "The Gnome-Mobile" in 1967.
          He is probably best known, however, for his contributions to Disney nature and animal films, including "Water Birds" and the innovative CinemaScope "Grand Canyon," which was a pictorial interpretation of composer Ferde Grofe's famed Suite and featured no narration or dialogue.
          As his former assistant, company vice chairman Roy E. Disney once recalled, "I particularly remember Stormy's work on the film, 'Water Birds.' For one sequence, he cut images of birds flying to Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody. This was the Studio's 'Fantasia' of the nature films and not only did it create a whole new genre, but it won an Academy Award. After that, virtually every one of our True-Life Adventures had a sequence like this until ultimately, Stormy edited the film 'Grand Canyon,' which was cut to the Grand Canyon Suite, winning yet another Oscar."
          Born on October 7, 1918, in Santa Ana, California, Norman Palmer was nicknamed by his father. Stormy recalled, "He hung the name on me when I was one or two years old - I'm not sure if I deserved it or not, but it stuck."
          In 1937, he graduated from Hollywood High School and submitted an application to the nearby Walt Disney Studios. He then headed north to work on a ranch in Oregon and while there, received a phone call from his father saying the Studio wanted to hire him.
          He joined Disney as a projectionist in 1938, but soon transferred to the Editorial department where he worked on such films as "Pinocchio" and "Fantasia." World War II interrupted his career, when he joined director John Ford's Field Photo Branch of the U.S. Navy, editing films for the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington D.C. Stormy later transferred overseas, where he worked as an aerial photographer taking surveillance photos of European countries, including England, France and Italy.
          After the war, he returned to Disney, editing films including "Make Mine Music" and "Melody Time." When Walt began producing the True-Life Adventure series, Stormy went on to edit such Oscar-winners as "The Living Desert," "Beaver Valley" and "White Wilderness." Other films he contributed to include "The African Lion" and "Nature's Half Acre."
           He also contributed to more than 20 Disney television shows including "Atta Girl Kelly," "The Best Doggone Dog in the World" and "One Day at Teton Marsh."
          After 45 years at The Walt Disney Studios, Norman "Stormy" Palmer retired in 1983.&