Winston Hibler

Winston Hibler was an American screenwriter, director, producer, and narrator associated with Walt Disney Studios.
Hibler was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and was educated at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He initially began his career as an actor before switching to writing. He took up freelance writing for magazines and radio to help supplement his income.
In 1942, Hibler joined Walt Disney Productions as a camera operator. Then later on, he worked as a technical director for the U.S. Army training films. He soon moved to the story department where he contributed to animated features, like Melody Time, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, and Sleeping Beauty. As a songwriter, Hibler contributed lyrics with Ted Sears, who wrote songs for some musical films, like "Following the Leader" and "I Wonder".
Hibler also had voice-over roles in documentary films, and some series in True-Life Adventures and People and Places as well the "It's a Small World" attraction soundtrack album.
He died on August 8, 1976 in Burbank. He was posthumously awarded as a Disney Legend in 1992.
==Filmography==
Year 	Film 	Position
1948 	Melody Time 	Story: "The Legend of Johnny Appleseed"
1948 	Seal Island 	Narrator
1949 	The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 	Story"The Wind in the Willows""The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
1950 	Cinderella 	Story
1950 	In Beaver Valley 	Narrator
1951 	Alice in Wonderland 	Story
1951 	Operation Wonderland 	Himself
1951 	Nature's Half Acre 	WriterNarrator
1952 	The Olympic Elk 	WriterNarrator
1952 	Water Birds 	screenplayNarrator
1953 	Peter Pan 	StoryLyrics: "Following the Leader" - uncredited
1953 	The Alaskan Eskimo 	Narrator
1953 	The Living Desert 	ScreenplayNarrator
1953 	Ben and Me 	Story Adaptation
1953 	Prowlers of the Everglades 	Narrator
1953 	Bear Country 	Narrator
1954 	Siam 	Writer
1954 	The Vanishing Prairie 	ScreenplayNarrator
1954-1976	The Magical World of Disney 	WriterProducerDirectorNarrator
1955 	The African Lion 	WriterNarrator
1955 	Men Against the Arctic 	WriterDirectorNarrator
1956 	The Blue Men of Morocco 	WriterNarrator
1956 	Sardinia 	WriterNarrator
1956 	Disneyland, U.S.A. 	WriterNarrator
1956 	Secrets of Life 	Narrator
1956 	Samoa 	Narrator
1957 	Perri 	DirectorComposerProducerWriterNarrator
1958 	White Wilderness 	Narrator
1959 	Sleeping Beauty 	Additional storyLyrics: "I Wonder" - uncredited
1959 	Nature's Strangest Creatures 	Narrator
1959 	Mysteries of the Deep 	Narrator
1960 	Islands of the Sea 	Narrator
1960 	Jungle Cat 	Narrator
1960 	The Hound That Thought He Was a Raccoon	Producer
1961 	Nikki, Wild Dog of the North 	WriterProducer
1962 	Big Red 	Co-Producer
1965 	Those Calloways 	Co-Producer
1965 	A Country Coyote Goes Hollywood 	StoryCo-Producer
1966 	The Ugly Dachshund 	Co-Producer
1966 	Follow Me, Boys! 	Co-Producer
1967 	Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar 	StoryCo-ProducerDirector
1968 	Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day 	Story Supervisor
1968 	The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit 	Producer
1970 	King of the Grizzlies 	ProducerNarrator
1970 	The Boy Who Stole the Elephant 	Producer
1970 	The Aristocats 	Producer
1971 	Lefty, the Dingaling Lynx 	Director
1972 	Chandar, the Black Leopard of Ceylon 	Director
1972 	Napoleon and Samantha 	Producer
1973 	One Little Indian 	Producer
1974 	The Bears and I 	Producer
1974 	The Castaway Cowboy 	Producer
1974 	The Island at the Top of the World 	Producer
==Gallery==
Winston hibler in operation wonderland.JPG|Hibler in Operation Wonderland.
Walt disney story session Alice in Wonderland.jpg|From Right to left Erdman Penner, Walt Disney, Ted Sears, Winston Hibler
Ted sears in session with walt.jpg|Hibler with Sears and Walt.
Old school Disney storytellers.jpg|From left to right: Bill Peet, Tom Oreb, Joe Rinaldi, Hibler, Don DaGradi, and Ken Anderson
1954-operation-undersea-05.jpg|Hibler in "Operation Undersea".
Winston hibler a progress report.JPG|Hibler in "A Progress Report".
1955-pre-opening-report-03.jpg|Hibler in "The Pre-Opening Report from Disneyland".
Behind the true life cameras 7.JPG|Hibler in "Behind the True-Life Cameras/Olympic Elk".
Survival in nature 2.JPG|Hibler in "Survival in Nature".
Searching for nature's mysteries 2.JPG|Hibler in "Searching for Nature's Mysteries".
Behind the camera at lapland 2.JPG|Hibler in "Behind the Cameras at Lapland/Alaskan Eskimo".
Winston hibler discusses Holland.JPG|Hibler in "Cameras in Samoa/The Holland Story".
Winston hibler on anthology show.JPG|Hibler in "Adventure in Wildwood Heart".
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