Known For
Directing
Known Credits
6
Gender
Male
Birthday
June 21, 1949 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
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.
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.
| 2007 | The Gardener...Director | |
| 2004 | Visions of Europe...Director | |
| 2001 | The Heart of the Bear...Director | |
| 1991 | For Crazies Only...Director | |
| 1989 | Milarepa laulud...Director | |
| 1988 | The Bird Watcher...Director | |
| 1985 | Smile at Last...Co-Director | |
| 1979 | Stalker...Assistant Director |
| 2004 | Visions of Europe...Writer | |
| 2001 | The Heart of the Bear...Screenplay | |
| 1978 | Tracks on Snow...Writer |
| 2004 | Visions of Europe...Producer | |
| 2001 | The Heart of the Bear...Co-Producer | |
| 1995 | Ta-ram, ta-ram...Producer |
| 2001 | The Heart of the Bear...Editor |
| 2001 | The Heart of the Bear...Camera Operator | |
| 2001 | The Heart of the Bear...Still Photographer | |
| 1998 | Dragonflies and Coliaths...Director of Photography | |
| 1998 | Dear Mister Moon...Director of Photography | |
| 1989 | Milarepa laulud...Director of Photography | |
| 1985 | Smile at Last...Director of Photography | |
| 1984 | Lurich...Director of Photography | |
| 1983 | Arabella, the Pirate's Daughter...Director of Photography | |
| 1983 | Corrida...Director of Photography | |
| 1983 | Hell...Camera Operator | |
| 1981 | The Ideal Landscape...Director of Photography | |
| 1980 | Edison's Disco...Director of Photography | |
| 1979 | Nest of Winds...Director of Photography | |
| 1978 | Daisy Petal Game...Director of Photography | |
| 1978 | Tracks on Snow...Director of Photography | |
| 1977 | Antennid jääs...Director of Photography | |
| 1976 | A Human is Born......Director of Photography | |
| 1976 | Childhood...Director of Photography | |
| 1976 | Return...Director of Photography | |
| 1975 | Colourful Dreams...Camera Operator | |
| 1972 | Forest Captain...Assistant Camera |
| 1975 | Hit Back...Cinematography |
| 2020 | Cursed Filmsas Self | |
| 2012 | Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovskyas Self | |
| 1998 | Killing Tartuas Arnold Kere | |
| 1983 | Arabella, the Pirate's Daughteras Worker | |
| 1979 | Nest of Windsas Juhan Piir | |
| 1973 | Power of Dreamas |