John Pomeroy

For other people named John Pomeroy, see John Pomeroy (disambiguation).

John Pomeroy
Born	John Foster Pomeroy (1951-03-26) March 26, 1951 Los Angeles, California
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Animator, film producer, writer, painter
Years active	1970–present
Known for	Various work with Disney and Don Bluth

John Foster Pomeroy (born March 26, 1951) is an American animator who has worked for several major studios, including Walt Disney Animation Studios and Sullivan Bluth Studios. He has also worked as producer, and screenwriter on several animated feature films.

Career

John Pomeroy started work at Walt Disney Animation Studios in 1973 as a background artist, and became a full animator in 1974 to work on Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too. While working at Disney, he met fellow animators Don Bluth and Gary Goldman, and began working with them on an independent short film project, Banjo the Woodpile Cat.

In 1979 he, Bluth, Goldman and several other Disney animators left the studio to form the independent studio Don Bluth Productions (later to become Bluth Group), which produced the film The Secret of NIMH and the animation for laserdisc video games Dragon's Lair and Space Ace. The independent studio encountered financial difficulties and declared bankruptcy in 1984, but reformed soon after as Sullivan Bluth Studios and opened a major animation facility in Dublin, Ireland.

Pomeroy remained at the Dublin studio to work as the directing animator and producer on An American Tail and The Land Before Time, before moving back to America in 1989 to form a new US wing of the company.

After working with Sullivan Bluth for thirteen years, Pomeroy was convinced to return to Disney by Don Hahn to work as the supervising animator on John Smith for Pocahontas. While working at Disney, Pomeroy also provided animation for the films Fantasia 2000, The Tigger Movie, Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Treasure Planet.

Pomeroy then left Disney once again in 2003 during the period where they briefly shut down their traditional animation department and subsequently started to do freelance work and was an animator for Curious George, and most recently, The Simpsons Movie, as well as Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz, Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon, Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest, Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz, Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Space Jam: A New Legacy and Disenchanted.

He is a talented sculptor, and creates busts that animated film artists use to visualize a 3-D model of their character.

John Pomeroy is also a painter of historic events, and builder of historic weapons used in movies.

He is currently on the elders board at a Village Christian School in Sun Valley, California.

Filmography

Year	Title	Credits	Characters	Notes
1974	Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (Short)	Animator
1977	The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
	The Rescuers	Character Animator
	Pete's Dragon
1978	The Small One (Short)	Directing Animator
1979	Banjo the Woodpile Cat (TV Short)	Animator / Producer
1982	The Secret of NIMH	Producer / Directing Animator / Story Adaptation
	The Magical World of Disney (TV Series)	Animator - 1 Episode
1983	Dragon's Lair (Video Game)	Producer / Animator
1984	Space Ace (Video Game)	Producer
1986	An American Tail	Producer / Directing Animator
1988	The Land Before Time
1989	All Dogs Go to Heaven	Producer / Story / Directing Animator
1991	Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp (Video Game)	Producer / Animator
	Rock-a-Doodle	Producer / Story / Directing Animator
1994	Thumbelina	Producer / Supervising Directing Animator: Los Angeles
	A Troll in Central Park	Producer / Story / Supervising Directing Animator
1995	The Pebble and the Penguin	Producer / Directing Animator
	Pocahontas	Supervising Animator	John Smith
2000	Fantasia 2000	Lead Character Animator - Segment "Firebird Suite - 1919 Version"	Firebird
	The Tigger Movie	Additional Animator
2001	Atlantis: The Lost Empire	Supervising Animator	Milo James Thatch
2002	Dragon's Lair 3D: Return to the Lair (Video Game)	Animator: Intro and Ending
	Treasure Planet	Supervising Animator	Captain Nathaniel Flint & His Crew
2006	Curious George	Storyboard Artist / Lead Animator	Maggie and Clovis
2007	The Simpsons Movie	Animator
2009	Wild About Safety: Timon and Pumbaa Safety Smart: Goes Green! (Video short)
	Wild About Safety: Timon and Pumbaa Safety Smart: In the Water! (Video short)
	Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (Video)	Story Artist
2010	Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (Video)	Additional Story Artist
2011	Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz (Video)	Character Layout and Animation
2013	Planes	Story Artist
2014	Tom and Jerry: The Lost Dragon (Video)	Storyboard Artist / Character Layout and Animation
2015	Alpha and Omega: Family Vacation	Story Artist
	Tom and Jerry: Spy Quest (Video)	Character Layout and Animation
2016	Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz (Video)	Storyboard Artist / Character Layout and Animation
	Elena of Avalor (TV Series)	Character Designer - 1 Episode / Storyboard Artist - 2 Episodes
	The Swan Princess: Princess Tomorrow, Pirate Today (Video)	Storyboard Artist
2017	Bunyan and Babe
	The Swan Princess: Royally Undercover (Video)
	Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Video)	Character Layout and Animation
	Animal Crackers	Storyboard Artist
2016–2017	Sofia the First (TV Series)	Character Designer - 2 Episodes
2018	The Swan Princess: A Royal Myztery (Video)	Storyboard Artist
	Sofia the First (TV Series)	Storyboard Artist - 1 Episode
2019	Klaus	Additional Animator
2021	Space Jam: A New Legacy	Animator: Tonic DNA
2021–2023	Looney Tunes Cartoons	Character Designer
2022	Green Eggs and Ham: The Second Serving	Animator
	Disenchanted	Animator: Tonic DNA

References

• Cawley, John (October 1991). The Animated Films of Don Bluth. Image Pub of New York. ISBN 0-685-50334-8.
• "Dragon's Lair Project: The Creators – John Pomeroy". Retrieved January 9, 2007.

External links

• John Pomeroy (I) at IMDb