Donald E. Thorin

Donald Eugene Thorin, ASC was an American cinematographer.

Biography

Thorin was born in Omaha, Nebraska. In 1957, he went to Hollywood and started working as mailroom at 20th Century Fox. Later he moved to camera department as camera loader, and started his cinematographer career from the 2nd camera assistant on The Young Lions.
He worked with Taylor Hackford, Michael Ritchie, Martin Brest, and Steve Oedekerk.
He was also cinematographer on well-known films such as Sylvester Stallone's Lock Up and Tango & Cash, Whoopi Goldberg's Boys on the Side, Bette Midler's The First Wives Club, and Samuel L. Jackson's Shaft.
He was the father of cinematographer and TV drama director Donald E. Thorin Jr., and camera department Jeffrey Thorin.

As cinematographer:

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1981	Thief	Michael Mann
1982	An Officer and a Gentleman	Taylor Hackford	1st of 2 collaborations with Hackford
1983	Bad Boys	Rick Rosenthal
1984	Against All Odds	Taylor Hackford
1984	Purple Rain	Albert Magnoli	1st of 2 collaborations with Magnoli
1985	Mischief	Mel Damski
1986	Wildcats	Michael Ritchie	1st of 3 collaborations with Ritchie
1986	American Anthem	Albert Magnoli
1986	The Golden Child	Michael Ritchie
1988	The Couch Trip	Michael Ritchie
1988	Midnight Run	Martin Brest	1st of 2 collaborations with Brest
1989	Troop Beverly Hills	Jeff Kanew
1989	Collision Course	Lewis Teague
1989	Lock Up	John Flynn
1989	Tango & Cash	Andrei Konchalovsky
1991	The Marrying Man	Jerry Rees
1992	Out on a Limb	Francis Veber
1992	Scent of a Woman	Martin Brest
1993	Undercover Blues	Herbert Ross	1st of 2 collaborations with Ross
1994	Little Big League	Andrew Scheinman
1995	Boys on the Side	Herbert Ross
1995	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	Steve Oedekerk	1st of 2 collaborations with Oedekerk
1996	The First Wives Club	Hugh Wilson	1st of 2 collaborations with Wilson
1997	Nothing to Lose	Steve Oedekerk
1999	Mickey Blue Eyes	Kelly Makin
1999	Dudley Do-Right	Hugh Wilson
2000	Shaft	John Singleton
2003	Head of State	Chris Rock

Camera and electrical department

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1958	The Young Lions	Edward Dmytryk	Second assistant camera
1971	Minnie and Moskowitz	John Cassavetes	Camera operator
1973	A Summer Without Boys	Jeannot Szwarc	Television film Camera operator
1974	Harrad Summer	Steven Hilliard Stern	Camera operator
1974	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore	Martin Scorsese	Camera operator
1975	Report to the Commissioner	Milton Katselas	Camera operator
1975	Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York	Sidney J. Furie	Camera operator
1975	Hearts of the West	Howard Zieff	Camera operator
1975	Let's Do It Again	Sidney Poitier	Camera operator
1976	Gable and Lombard	Sidney J. Furie	Camera operator
1976	Bound for Glory	Hal Ashby	Camera operator
1976	Polaroid Glasses	Haskell Wexler	Short film Camera operator
1977	A Circle of Children	Don Taylor	Television film Camera operator
1977	Annie Hall	Woody Allen	Camera operator
1977	One on One	Lamont Johnson	Camera operator
1978	Coming Home	Hal Ashby	Camera operator
1978	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Michael Schultz	Camera operator
1978	Comes a Horseman	Alan J. Pakula	Camera operator
1979	Walking Through the Fire	Robert Day	Television film Camera operator
1980	The Black Marble	Harold Becker	Camera operator
1980	Gauguin the Savage	Fielder Cook	Television film Camera operator
1980	Die Laughing	Jeff Werner	Camera operator
1981	Cutter's Way	Ivan Passer	Camera operator
1981	Second-Hand Hearts	Hal Ashby	Camera operator
1995	Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls	Steve Oedekerk	Director of photography: second unit