Born: 1934, Omaha, Nebraska, USA, as Donald E. Thorin; a.k.a. Donald Thorin Sr.

Career: Ran a commercial design studio. Moved to Hollywood 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'.

His son Donald Jr. [1957-] is a doph [e.g. tv-series 'Cold Case'] and dir [e.g. tv-series 'Alias' & 'Cold Case']. His son Jeffrey [1961-] is a c.asst.

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

1984        Mischief [Mel Damski] c; addph: Jan de Bont

1985        Wildcats/First and Goal [Michael Ritchie] c; 2uc: Paul Vombrack

1986        The Golden Child [Michael Ritchie] c; 2uc: Robert Thomas

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; filmed 1987-88

1988        Troop Beverly Hills [Jeff Kanew] c

1989        Lock Up [John Flynn] c

1989        Tango & Cash [Andrei Konchalovsky] p/c; 2uc & 1st unit (last 3 weeks): Julio Macat

1990        The Marrying Man/Too Hot to Handle [Jerry Rees] c

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

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        Report to the Commissioner/Operation Undercover [Milton Katselas] ph: Mario Tosi

1974        Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York [Sidney J. Furie] ph: Donald M. Morgan

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