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Photo by Myles Aronowitz [1992]
DONALD THORIN
Born: 12 October 1934, Omaha, Nebraska, USA, as Donald Eugene Thorin; a.k.a. Donald Thorin Sr.
Died: 9 February 2016, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Education: Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
Career: Ran a commercial design studio. Moved to Hollywood in 1957 and worked in the mailroom at Fox. Moved to the camera department of 20th Century-Fox as camera loader. His first feature job was as 2nd c.asst on 'The Young Lions'.
Was a member of the ASC since 1986.
His son Donald Jr. [born 1957] is a doph/dir, and son Jeffrey [born 1961] is a c.asst.
| FILMS | |
|---|---|
|
1980 |
Thief/Violent Streets [Michael Mann] c; addph: Don Cahill & (uncred) Christopher Nibley |
|
1981 |
An Officer and a Gentleman [Taylor Hackford] c; uwph: Jack Cooperman |
|
1982 |
Bad Boys [Rick Rosenthal] c; cph: Bruce Surtees |
|
1983 |
Against All Odds [Taylor Hackford] c; 2uc: F. Pershing Flynn |
|
1983 |
Purple Rain [Albert Magnoli] c; 2uc: Mike Dugan; with actor/singer Prince (1958-2016) |
|
1984 |
Mischief [Mel Damski] c; addph: Jan de Bont |
|
1985 |
Wildcats/First and Goal [Michael Ritchie] c; 2uc: Paul Vombrack |
With Eddie Murphy - "The Golden Child" - photo by Bruce Talamon
|
1986 |
The Golden Child [Michael Ritchie] c; 2uc Los Angeles: Robert Thomas; matte ph: Wade Childress |
|
1986 |
American Anthem/Take It Easy [Albert Magnoli] c; addph: Steve Poster; aph: Rex Metz |
|
1987 |
The Couch Trip [Michael Ritchie] c; 2uc: Robert C. Thomas |
|
1987 |
Collision Course [Lewis Teague] c; substitute doph: Daniel Pearl |
|
1987 |
Midnight Run [Martin Brest] c; 2uc: John M. Stephens; aph 2u: J.M. Stephens & Frank Holgate; filmed 1987-88 |
|
1988 |
Troop Beverly Hills [Jeff Kanew] c |
|
1989 |
Lock Up [John Flynn] c |
|
1989 |
Tango & Cash [Andrei Konchalovsky] p/c; 2uc (+ ph 1st unit - last 3 weeks): Julio Macat |
|
1990 |
The Marrying Man/Too Hot to Handle [Jerry Rees] c |
[Left/cap] with Francis Veber [center] - "Out on a Limb"
|
1991 |
Out on a Limb [Francis Veber] c; 2uc: John M. Stephens |
|
1992 |
Scent of a Woman [Martin Brest] c; replaced doph Mikael Salomon after 10 days in prod |
|
1992 |
Undercover Blues [Herbert Ross] c; 2uc: John M. Stephens |
|
1993 |
Little Big League [Andrew Scheinman] c; 2uc: Peter Deming & John M. Stephens; aph: Bill Hedenberg |
|
1994 |
Boys on the Side [Herbert Ross] s35/c; addph: John M. Stephens & David Dunlap |
|
1994 |
Extra Terrorestrial Alien Encounter [Jerry Rees] c; a 'ride' film for Disney World, Florida |
|
1995 |
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls/Ace Ventura Goes to Africa [Steve Oedekerk] s35/c; 2uc: Philip Pfeiffer & Michael Bonvillain; + 2uc/2ud Canada |
|
1995 |
The First Wives Club [Hugh Wilson] c |
|
1996 |
Nothing to Lose [Steve Oedekerk] c; 2uc: Mike Gershman |
|
1997 |
U.S. Marshals [Stuart Baird] announced as doph, but film was ph by Andrzej Bartkowiak |
|
1998 |
Mickey Blue Eyes [Kelly Makin & (add scenes) Carl Gottlieb] c; addph: George Doherty; 2uc: David Makin |
|
1998 |
Dudley Do-Right [Hugh Wilson] s35/c; 2uc: Don McCuaig |
|
1999 |
Shaft [John Singleton] s35/c; 2uc: David Dunlap; aph: Dwayne McClintock |
|
2002 |
Head of State [Chris Rock] c |
|
2004 |
Kicking & Screaming [Jesse Dylan] s35/c; cph: Lloyd Ahern II |
| FILMS AS CAMERA OPERATOR | |
|---|---|
|
1958 |
The Young Lions [Edward Dmytryk] 2nd c.asst; ph: Joe MacDonald |
|
1971 |
Minnie and Moskowitz [John Cassavetes] co-c.op; ph: Alric Edens, Michael Margulies & Arthur Ornitz |
|
1973 |
A Summer Without Boys [Jeannot Szwarc; tvm] ph: Mario Tosi |
|
1974 |
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore [Martin Scorsese] uncred co-c.op; ph: Kent Wakeford |
|
1974 |
Report to the Commissioner/Operation Undercover [Milton Katselas] ph: Mario Tosi |
[Left] next to doph Donald Morgan
|
1974 |
Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York [Sidney J. Furie] ph: Donald M. Morgan |
|
1975 |
Hearts of the West/Hollywood Cowboy [Howard Zieff] uncred; ph: Mario Tosi |
|
1975 |
Let's Do It Again [Sidney Poitier] ph: Donald M. Morgan |
|
1975 |
Bound for Glory [Hal Ashby] co-c.op; ph: Haskell Wexler |
|
1976 |
A Circle of Children [Don Taylor; tvm] ph: Gayne Rescher |
|
1976 |
Annie Hall [Woody Allen] c.op L.A. unit; ph: Gordon Willis |
|
1976 |
One On One [Lamont Johnson] co-c.op; ph: Donald M. Morgan |
|
1977 |
Coming Home [Hal Ashby] ph: Haskell Wexler |
|
1977 |
Comes a Horseman [Alan Pakula] ph: Gordon Willis |
|
1977 |
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [Michael Schultz] ph: Owen Roizman |
|
1978 |
Second-Hand Hearts/The Hamster of Happiness [Hal Ashby] ph: Haskell Wexler |
|
1978 |
Walking Through the Fire [Robert Day; tvm] ph: Richard C. Glouner |
|
1979 |
Gauguin the Savage [Fielder Cook; tvm] c.op Tahiti/USA; ph: Walter Lassally |
|
1979 |
The Legend of Walks Far Woman [Mel Damski; tvm] ph: Gayne Rescher; broadcast in 1982 |
|
1979 |
Die Laughing [Jeff Werner] co-c.op; ph: David Myers |
|
1979 |
The Black Marble [Harold Becker] co-c.op; ph: Owen Roizman |
|
1979 |
Cutter and Bone/Cutter's Way [Ivan Passer] ph: Jordan Cronenweth |
