Known For
Directing
Born
Jun 21, 1949
Place of Birth
Rakvere, Viru County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Lääne-Viru County, Estonia]
Credits
31 titles
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
Filmography
Cursed Films
Self
Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky
Self
The Gardener
Director
Visions of Europe
Director
The Heart of the Bear
Director
Dragonflies and Coliaths
Director of Photography
Killing Tartu
Arnold Kere
Dear Mister Moon
Director of Photography
Ta-ram, ta-ram
Producer
For Crazies Only
Director
Milarepa laulud
Director
The Bird Watcher
Director
Smile at Last
Director of Photography
Lurich
Director of Photography
Arabella, the Pirate's Daughter
Worker
Corrida
Director of Photography
Hell
Camera Operator
The Ideal Landscape
Director of Photography
Edison's Disco
Director of Photography
Nest of Winds
Juhan Piir
Stalker
Assistant Director
Daisy Petal Game
Director of Photography
Tracks on Snow
Director of Photography
Antennid jääs
Director of Photography
A Human is Born...
Director of Photography
Childhood
Director of Photography
Return
Director of Photography
Hit Back
Cinematography
Colourful Dreams
Camera Operator
Power of Dream
Forest Captain
Assistant Camera