Welcome Folks - you are listening
to the Pencil Pushers Podcast and I’m your humble host Mike Rosado.
Today, we share my talk with the legendary animator, John Pomeroy -
somebody, who in my opinion, is one of the most important figures
in the field for the past 50 years. Listen in as we twist and twirl
through his storied career working under the tutelage of the Nine
Old Men at Disney, teaming up with Don Bluth and Gary Goldman to
create their own animation studio, creating classics like The
Secret of Nimh, American Tail and Land Before Time, coming back
back to Disney as lead animator for Pocohontas, Atlantis, Fantasia
2000 and more. We also chat about burnout, how to have a successful
work life balance, and what he’s doing next with his new online
animation school, Pomeroy Art Academy. This one is a real banger as
our convo starts right out of the gates on how he, Don and Gary
took a massive gamble and helped the world fall in love with
animation again. And so, without further ado, I invite you to sit
back, relax and enjoy our talk with John.