Tim Cooney (sound engineer)
Tim Cooney (born June 14, 1951 in Glendale, California) is an American film production sound mixer, animal trainer and musician. Early life and career. Cooney was born in Glendale, California but then later moved to West Virginia. At a young age, pursuing his desire to be musician, he joined a bluegrass band called the Canfields, playing guitar. After graduating from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College, he worked as a clown for Circus Vargas for a year but decided he wanted to train animals. He trained animals for circuses, the St. Louis Zoo, and  then the film business. Film industry. In 1976, Cooney started working as a boom man on the motion picture Roar considered to be the most dangerous film ever made then at Universal Studios. His first studio picture as production mixer was "Blue Thunder" for Columbia Pictures in 1981. Cooney was the first production mixer in history to have sound on his own web page. He had several animated items on his page as well, which had not been done at the time. The page has been taken down since his retirement. Cooney sat twice on the board of directors of  the Cinema Audio Society is still a member of the motion picture academy of arts and sciences and the television academy of arts and sciences. Cooney was a producer on the movie the "November Conspiracy". He also directed a few music videos, the most notable "About Love" with the singer Johnny Rivers. But one of his biggest works is for the movie "Cliffhanger" where he was nominated for an Academy Award. Awards and nominations. Cooney has received nominations for various awards that include an Academy Award nomination for Best Sound for "Cliffhanger", three Emmys nominations, two Cinema Audio Society nominations  For Outstanding Achievement In Sound Mixing and three Golden Reel Award nominations. Cooney won the Golden Reel for best sound in 2000 and wrote a book entitled, "Work in movies? Are you crazy?" FILMOGRAPHY References. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6056682/?ref_=nv_sr_5