Arvo Iho

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1949-06-21 (75 years old)

Place of Birth Rakvere, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]

Also Known As Арво Ихо

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

Director

2007
The Gardener

as Director

2004
Visions of Europe

as Director

2001
1991
For Crazies Only

as Director

1988
The Birdwatcher

as Director

1985
Games for Teenagers

as Co-Director

1979
Stalker

as Assistant Director

Camera

2001
The Heart of the Bear

as Camera Operator

1998
Dear Mister Moon

as Director of Photography

1985
Games for Teenagers

as Director of Photography

1984
Lurich

as Director of Photography

1983
Hell

as Camera Operator

1983
Corrida

as Director of Photography

1982
Arabella, the Pirate's Daughter

as Director of Photography

1981
The Ideal Landscape

as Director of Photography

1980
Edison's Disco

as Director of Photography

1979
Nest of Winds

as Director of Photography

1978
Daisy Petal Game

as Director of Photography

1978
Tracks on Snow

as Director of Photography

1977
Antennid jääs

as Director of Photography

1976
Childhood

as Director of Photography

1976
A Human is Born...

as Director of Photography

1975
Colorful Dreams

as Second Unit Director of Photography

1972
Forest Captain

as Assistant Camera

Actor

2020
Cursed Films

as Self

1998
Killing Tartu

as Arnold Kere

1979
Nest of Winds

as Juhan Piir

Producer

2004
Visions of Europe

as Producer

2001
The Heart of the Bear

as Co-Producer

1995
Ta-ram, ta-ram

as Producer

1985
Games for Teenagers

as Co-Producer

Writer

2004
2001
The Heart of the Bear

as Screenplay

1978
Tracks on Snow

as Writer

Crew

1998
Libarebased ja kooljad

as Cinematography

1975
Hit Back

as Cinematography

Editor

2001