Donald E. Thorin
# Donald E. Thorin

Donald Eugene Thorin, ASC (October 12, 1934 – February 9, 2016) 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 (An Officer and a Gentleman, Against All Odds), Michael Ritchie (Wildcats, The Golden Child, The Couch Trip), Martin Brest (Midnight Run, Scent of a Woman), and Steve Oedekerk (Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Nothing to Lose).

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. (born 1957), and camera department Jeffrey Thorin (born 1961).

## Filmography

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 (uncredited) |
| 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 (uncredited) |
| 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 (uncredited) |
| 1975 | Let's Do It Again | Sidney Poitier | Camera operator |
| 1976 | Gable and Lombard | Sidney J. Furie | Camera operator (uncredited) |
| 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 |
