Donald E. Thorin obit

Cinematographer Donald Thorin Has Died

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Donald E. Thorin was born on October 12, 1934 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. He was a cinematographer and assistant director, known for Thief (1981), Lock Up (1989) and Tango & Cash (1989). He died on February 9, 2016 in Tucson, Arizona, USA.

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         

Purple Rain            Albert Magnoli            1st of 2 collaborations with Magnoli

1985            Mischief           Mel Damski

1986            Wildcats           Michael Ritchie  1st of 3 collaborations with Ritchie

American Anthem            Albert Magnoli           

The Golden Child    Michael Ritchie 

1988    The Couch Trip      

Midnight Run            Martin Brest    1st of 2 collaborations with Brest

1989    Troop Beverly Hills            Jeff Kanew

Collision Course Lewis Teague

Lock Up            John Flynn   

Tango & Cash            Andrei Konchalovsky 

1991    The Marrying Man            Jerry Rees    

1992    Out on a Limb  Francis Veber  

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    

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 

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

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