Pomerance was born in 1946 in
Hamilton,
Ontario and studied at the
University of Toronto, the
University of Michigan (with
Kenneth Boulding and
Theodore Newcomb), the
New School for Social Research (with
Benjamin Nelson), the
State University of New York at Buffalo (with
Edgar Z. Friedenberg and
Warren Bennis), and
York University. Pomerance has written extensively on
film, cinematic experience, and
performance, and has also edited and co-edited more than two dozen anthologies exploring cinema. He contributes regularly to print and online publications, including
Film International,
Senses of Cinema and FLOW. In addition, Pomerance is editor of the “Techniques of the Moving Image” series at
Rutgers University Press and the “Horizons of Cinema” series at
State University of New York Press and, with Lester D. Friedman and Adrienne L. McLean respectively, co-editor of both the “Screen Decades” and “Star Decades” series at
Rutgers University Press. His book
Johnny Depp Starts Here has been translated into the French as
Ici Commence Johnny Depp (tr. Pauline Soulat; Éditions Capricci 2010), and into the German as
Johnny Depp: Betrachtungen zu einem Schauspieler (tr. Andrea Rennschmid; Reinhard Weber Verlag 2006). Pomerance also writes
fiction, and is a 1992
O. Henry Award winner. His work has appeared in
New Directions,
The Paris Review,
The Kenyon Review,
The Boston Review,
Chelsea,
Confrontation, and
Descant. He is the author, as well, of
Ludwig Bemelmans: A Bibliography (Heineman, 1993). He was diagnosed with autism in the spring of 2018. Pomerance has also been involved in film production, appearing in Brandon Cronenberg's
Broken Tulips (2008), and acting, writing, and composing for
R. Bruce Elder’s
Lamentations: A Monument to the Dead World (1985). In the summer of 2009, he appeared on
Broadway in conjunction with a performance of
The 39 Steps. In August 2013, his co-authored commentary (with R. Barton Palmer) appeared on the
Criterion DVD of
John Frankenheimer's
Seconds. In October 2017 he appeared on BBC Radio 3's "Free Thinking." ==Works published==