Biography
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 (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
all 38
Movies 38
Director 11
Head of State (2003)
Shaft (2000)
Dudley Do-Right (1999)
Mickey Blue Eyes (1999)
Nothing to Lose (1997)
The First Wives Club (1996)
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
Boys on the Side (1995)
Little Big League (1994)
Undercover Blues (1993)
Scent of a Woman (1992)
Out on a Limb (1992)
The Marrying Man (1991)
Tango & Cash (1989)
Lock Up (1989)
Collision Course (1989)
Troop Beverly Hills (1989)
Midnight Run (1988)
The Couch Trip (1988)
The Golden Child (1986)
American Anthem (1986)
Wildcats (1986)
Mischief (1985)
Purple Rain (1984)
Against All Odds (1984)
Bad Boys (1983)
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Thief (1981)
Cutter's Way (1981)
The Black Marble (1980)
Walking Through the Fire (1979)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
Coming Home (1978)
Annie Hall (1977)
Bound for Glory (1976)
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York (1975)
Report to the Commissioner (1975)
Minnie and Moskowitz (1971)
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Known ForCamera
GenderMale
Birthday1934-10-12
Deathday2016-02-09 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceOmaha, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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