Arvo Iho
Directing
- Born
- June 21, 1949 (age 77) · Rakvere, Viru County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Lääne-Viru County, Estonia]
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.
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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
Stalker
May 25, 1979
Visions of Europe
May 1, 2004
Hell
January 1, 1983
Smile at Last
November 28, 1985
Arabella, the Pirate's Daughter
October 10, 1983
The Heart of the Bear
September 6, 2001
Colourful Dreams
April 21, 1975
The Ideal Landscape
April 20, 1981
Nest of Winds
September 17, 1979
For Crazies Only
February 18, 1991
The Bird Watcher
March 14, 1988
Lurich
August 20, 1984
Behind the camera27
- 2007The Gardener Director
- 2004Visions of Europe Director, Writer, Producer
- 2001The Heart of the Bear Director, Screenplay, Camera Operator, Editor, Co-Producer, Still Photographer
- 1998Dragonflies and Coliaths Director of Photography
- 1998Dear Mister Moon Director of Photography
- 1995Ta-ram, ta-ram Producer
- 1991For Crazies Only Director
- 1989Milarepa laulud Director, Director of Photography
- 1988The Bird Watcher Director
- 1985