Tim Cooney

Tim graduated from the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Clown college in 1971. He then traveled with several circuses where he learned to train elephants. He then went to the St. Louis zoo where he trained elephants for the show. After moving back to California his original home state, he was hired to train elephants for the film business. Because he plays 4 musical instruments he was fascinated with sound and naturally gravitated to that field. In 1976 Tim started working as a boom man at Universal Studios. He mixed his first studio picture for Columbia in 1981, entitled Blue Thunder. Sin... show more