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John Pomeroy

John Pomeroy

Editor · Born January 1, 1951 (75) · Los Angeles, California, USA

John Pomeroy started work at The Walt Disney Company 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. When Sullivan Bluth Studios closed, Pomeroy returned to Disney to work as the supervising animator on Pocahontas and other subsequent features featuring some of the most memorable villains. John Pomeroy was also an animator for the films Curious George, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Treasure Planet, and most recently, The Simpsons Movie. 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. -Wikipedia

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1951 (75)
From
Los Angeles, California, USA
Works as
Editor
Titles
21 on MovieCove · 26 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Up 1% in 30 days

What are John Pomeroy's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
41%
Self
19%
Power
19%
Survival
9%
Bonds
7%
Society
6%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
2
Dread
2
Joyful
1
Warm
1
Elegiac
1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch John Pomeroy's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 21 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (7).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for John Pomeroy's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

26 credits, 21 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie(2024)

    Animation · Layout

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Klaus(2019)

    Animation

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The Swan Princess: A Royal Myztery(2018)

    Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Swan Princess: Royally Undercover(2017)

    Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Sofia the First: The Curse of Princess Ivy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Storyboard Artist

  • The Simpsons Movie(2007)

    Animation

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Curious George(2006)

    Lead Animator · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Atlantis: The Lost Empire(2001)

    Supervising Animator

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Pocahontas(1995)

    Supervising Animator

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • A Troll in Central Park(1994)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Thumbelina(1994)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Rock-A-Doodle(1991)

    Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • All Dogs Go to Heaven(1989)

    Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Land Before Time(1988)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • An American Tail(1986)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Secret of NIMH(1982)

    Animation Director · Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Banjo the Woodpile Cat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Animation · Producer

  • Pete's Dragon(1977)

    Animation

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Rescuers(1977)

    Animation

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh(1977)

    Animation

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Story

  • The Shadow of the Cat(1961)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Horror Hotel(1960)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • It's a Wonderful World(1956)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Adventures in Odyssey: Journey Into the Impossible (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Art Direction

  • Dragon's Lair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 23 titles, 21 of them dated from 1974 to 2024.

Highest rated

Horror Hotel (1960)

Midcredits 70th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing4 of 23: 1 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing9 of 23: 5 only producing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score74thOther crew15 of 23: 13 only other crew, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score78th

23 titles, 4 with more than one role — other crew and producing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1970s5 · crew1980s4 · crew1990s4 · crew2000s3 · crew2010s4 · crew2020s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do John Pomeroy's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 70th percentile, the median of all 21; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 57th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 21 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up9
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

13 of their 21 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser13
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · producer

A Troll in Central Park (1994)

68th percentile spread · 29% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer, producer

The Secret of NIMH (1982)

Midcredits 94th · 82% liked

Reviewers score the pacing 57/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 63, detractors 38. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does John Pomeroy work with?

People who share at least 2 of John Pomeroy's MovieCove titles; George Baxt shares the most, 2.