Donald E. Thorin | |
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Born | Donald Eugene Thorin October 12, 1934 [1] Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. [1] |
Died | February 9, 2016 81) [2] [3] Tucson, Arizona, U.S. [3] | (aged
Other names | Donald Thorin |
Occupation | Cinematographers |
Years active | 1958–2003 |
Organization | American Society of Cinematographers |
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. [1] Later he moved to camera department as camera loader, and started his cinematographer career from the 2nd camera assistant on The Young Lions . [1]
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).
As cinematographer:
Camera and electrical department
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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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 |
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Martin Scorsese | Camera operator (uncredited) | |
1975 | Report to the Commissioner | Milton Katselas | Camera operator |
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York | Sidney J. Furie | Camera operator | |
Hearts of the West | Howard Zieff | Camera operator (uncredited) | |
Let's Do It Again | Sidney Poitier | Camera operator | |
1976 | Gable and Lombard | Sidney J. Furie | Camera operator (uncredited) |
Bound for Glory | Hal Ashby | Camera operator | |
Polaroid Glasses | Haskell Wexler | Short film Camera operator | |
1977 | A Circle of Children | Don Taylor | Television film Camera operator |
Annie Hall | Woody Allen | Camera operator | |
One on One | Lamont Johnson | Camera operator | |
1978 | Coming Home | Hal Ashby | Camera operator |
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Michael Schultz | Camera operator | |
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 |
Gauguin the Savage | Fielder Cook | Television film Camera operator | |
Die Laughing | Jeff Werner | Camera operator | |
1981 | Cutter's Way | Ivan Passer | Camera operator |
Second-Hand Hearts | Hal Ashby | Camera operator | |
1995 | Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls | Steve Oedekerk | Director of photography: second unit |
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