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CAREER 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 '' Secret Of NIMH '' and the animation for Laserdisc Video Game s '' 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 '' The Rescuers Down Under '', '' Pocahontas '' and other subsequent features featuring some of the most memorable Villains . John Pomeroy was also a animator for the films '''', '' Treasure Planet '', and most recently, '' The Simpsons Movie ''. He is a talented sculper, and creates busts that animated film artist 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 Schools in Sun Valley, CA REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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