Christopher Paul (C.P.) Booth

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Born in Sheffield England in 1952 to classical musician parents, Booth emigrated to Canada in 1959, playing roles in CBC TV productions from the age of 9. A busy session player and singer throughout his teens, he worked behind the scenes as bassist and producer for many Canadian acts, notably Jim Carrey.

He opened for the "Eagles " on the Hotel California' Tour in 1978, while working with Jesse Winchester. Two albums, with the Jazz Fusion Orchestra, "Young" (Ampex Records) (1971) and PBM (Parker, Booth & Murrell) for Freedom records (1981), cemented his reputation as a highly respected composer and performer. He was music director for Jim Carrey when he first launched his musical show 1982 thru 1984.. Acting and singing in "A Ticket To Heaven" in 1981 and the Tommy Hunter Show gig as regular singer presaged his move to Los Angeles in 1986 where he morphed into editor/producer and director of music videos, commercials, and documentaries throughout the 90's. Groundbreaking music video editing techniques and edgy material garnered praise and hesitant airplay with "South Africa Way" the music for which had been created ten years earlier.

The nineties produced praise for A&E's Our Century, Air Combat episodes of which he had directed. After surviving a life-threatening cancer in 1998, he continued his work as one of the leading proponents of Final Cut Pro as well as a gifted and knowledgeable digital intermediate "finisher" for many clients including McG (Charlie's Angels), Survivor Australia, Major League Baseball - World Series Special for ESPN, various major anime clients and the US Army.

Now a US citizen, he retired from the business in 2006 and now lives in Maui, pursuing music composition, jazz gigs, independent films and teaching.