
Arvo Iho
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-06-21 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Rakvere, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
Arvo Iho
Biography
Arvo Iho (born June 21, 1949) is an Estonian film director, cinematographer, actor and photographer, who has worked in the areas of documentary and drama.
Born in Rakvere, Iho worked as a photographer and assistant for Tallinnfilm before studying cinematography at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. Iho acted as assistant director to Andrei Tarkovsky on the 1979 film Stalker. He went on to work as a cameraman for Tallinnfilm in the 1980s.
In 1985, Iho co-directed the feature film Games for School–Age Children with Leida Laius, also acting as director of cinematography, and in 1987 made his solo directorial debut with The Birdwatcher, about the relationship between a poacher and an ornithologist. He followed this with Only for the Insane (1990). In 2001 he made The Heart of the Bear, based on the Nikolai Baturin novel, and in 2006 made Gooseberries.
As a photographer, Iho has exhibited nationally and internationally.
As of 2017, Iho was a professor at Tallinn University's Baltic Film and Media School.
Known For
Acting
(2012)
(1998)
Killing Tartu
as Arnold Kere
(1982)
Arabella, the Pirate's Daughter
as Worker
(1979)
Nest of Winds
as Juhan Piir
(1973)
Crew
(2007)
The Gardener
Director
(2004)
Visions of Europe
Director, Writer, Producer
(2001)
The Heart of the Bear
Director, Screenplay, Camera Operator, Editor, Co-Producer, Still Photographer
(1998)
Dear Mister Moon
Director of Photography
(1998)
Libarebased ja kooljad
Director of Photography
(1995)
Ta-ram, ta-ram
Producer
(1991)
For Crazies Only
Director
(1989)
Milarepa laulud
Director, Director of Photography
(1988)
The Bird Watcher
Director
(1985)
Smile at Last
Director of Photography, Co-Director
(1984)
Lurich
Director of Photography
(1983)
Hell
Camera Operator
(1983)
Corrida
Director of Photography
(1982)
Arabella, the Pirate's Daughter
Director of Photography
(1981)
The Ideal Landscape
Director of Photography
(1980)
Edison's Disco
Director of Photography
(1979)
Nest of Winds
Director of Photography
(1979)
Stalker
Assistant Director
(1978)
Daisy Petal Game
Director of Photography
(1978)
Tracks on Snow
Writer, Director of Photography
(1977)
Antennid jääs
Director of Photography
(1976)
Childhood
Director of Photography
(1976)
A Human is Born...
Director of Photography
(1975)
Hit Back
Cinematography
(1975)
Colourful Dreams
Camera Operator
(1972)
Forest Captain
Assistant Camera