Career
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 (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 is the father of cinematographer and television drama director Donald East. Thorin Junior.
(born 1957), and camera department Jeffrey Thorin (born 1961).