Norman Palmer

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Norman Palmer (born October 7, 1918 in Santa Ana , California - † March 23, 2013 in Northridge , California) was an American film editor who, in his 30-year film career, worked on more than 20 cinema, television and documentary films Productions carried out the film editing . Including Disney classics like The desert is alive , White Wilderness , The adventurous journey into the dwarf country , A cheeky badger in the corn patch or Zotti, the primeval creature .

life and career

Born in 1918 in Santa Ana, California, Palmer studied at Hollywood High School and then received a contract with the Walt Disney Company, initially as a simple employee and demonstrator. After six months he moved to the editorial office, where he also got to know other areas of the 1940 animated classics Pinocchio and Fantasia. During World War II , Palmer worked with director John Ford in the United States Navy photography department, editing films for the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington. Later he was also employed abroad as a photographer on reconnaissance missions. In 1946, Palmer returned to Disney's editing department, where he met his future wife, Barbara Major. They married on December 4, 1947 and were married for 52 years.

Norman Palmer worked on adventure films, nature documentaries, live-action films and TV shows during his 45-year residency at Walt Disney Studios until 1983. He began in 1950 with short documentaries for director James Algar such as In the Valley of Beavers and Earth, the Great Unknown . During the 1950s, this resulted in its most productive phase and Palmer was used as editor for a total of eight documentaries. These include productions such as The Desert Lives , Secrets of the Steppe , White Wilderness and Wild Cats .

In the 1960s and 1970s he was also active in Walt Disney's real films. He was responsible for editing Fletcher Markle's The Unbelievable Journey (1963), for Robert Stevenson's Die adventurliche Reise ins Zwergenland (1967) for Frank Zuniga's A Wolf Returns (1976) and for Norman Tokar's films such as A Cheeky Badger in the Corn Patch (1969) and Zotti, das Urviech (1976).

Between 1950 and 1975, Norman Palmer directed a total of eight films for his friend the director James Algar . The episode Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life of the American television series Disneyland was Palmer's last work as an editor in 1981.

Norman Palmer died on March 23, 2013 at the age of 94 at his Northridge home. His sister Adele Palmer also worked as a costume designer in film.

Filmography (selection)

documentary

movie theater

watch TV

  • 1954–1981: Disneyland (TV series) (eight episodes)
  • 1976: The Flight of the Gray Wolf
  • 1980: The Ghosts of Buxley Hall

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary for Norman Palmer in: Variety
  2. ^ Obituary for Norman Palmer in: Hollywoodreporter
personal data
SURNAME Palmer, Norman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film editor
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Santa Ana , California
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 2013
Place of death Northridge , California