Donald E. Thorin
Year Title Dir 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 Does n'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
Filmography
As cinematographer : Year Title Dir . 1981 Thief Michael Mann 1982 An Officer and a Gentleman Taylor Hackford 1983 Bad Boys Rick Rosenthal 1984 Against All Odds Taylor Hackford Purple Rain Albert Magnoli 1985 Mischief Mel Damski 1986 Wildcats Michael Ritchie American Anthem Albert Magnoli The Golden Child Michael Ritchie 1988 The Couch Trip Midnight Run Martin Brest 1989 Troop Beverly Hills Jeff Kanew Collision Course Lewis Teague Lock Up John Flynn Tango & Cash Andrei Konchalovsky Peter MacDonald Albert Magnoli Stuart Baird 1991 The Marrying Man Jerry Rees 1992 Out on a Limb Francis Veber Scent of a Woman Martin Brest 1993 Undercover Blues Herbert Ross 1994 Little Big League Andrew Scheinman 1995 Boys on the Side Herbert Ross Ace Ventura : When Nature Calls Steve Oedekerk 1996 The First Wives Club Hugh Wilson 1997 Nothing to Lose Steve Oedekerk 1999 Mickey Blue Eyes Kelly Makin Dudley Do-Right Hugh Wilson 2000 Shaft John Singleton 2003 Head of State Chris Rock Camera and electrical department
Donald Eugene Thorin, ASC (October 12, 1934 - February 9, 2016) was an American cinematographer. 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 (, 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).