John Pomeroy

John Foster Pomeroy 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 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.

Pomeroy is also a 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 1990 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