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Arvo Iho

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

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

Directing

2007The Gardener...Director
2004Visions of Europe...Director
2001The Heart of the Bear...Director
1991For Crazies Only...Director
1989Milarepa laulud...Director
1988The Bird Watcher...Director
1985Smile at Last...Co-Director
1979Stalker...Assistant Director

Writing

2004Visions of Europe...Writer
2001The Heart of the Bear...Screenplay
1978Tracks on Snow...Writer

Production

2004Visions of Europe...Producer
2001The Heart of the Bear...Co-Producer
1995Ta-ram, ta-ram...Producer

Editing

2001The Heart of the Bear...Editor

Camera

2001The Heart of the Bear...Camera Operator
2001The Heart of the Bear...Still Photographer
1998Dragonflies and Coliaths...Director of Photography
1998Dear Mister Moon...Director of Photography
1989Milarepa laulud...Director of Photography
1985Smile at Last...Director of Photography
1984Lurich...Director of Photography
1983Arabella, the Pirate's Daughter...Director of Photography
1983Corrida...Director of Photography
1983Hell...Camera Operator
1981The Ideal Landscape...Director of Photography
1980Edison's Disco...Director of Photography
1979Nest of Winds...Director of Photography
1978Daisy Petal Game...Director of Photography
1978Tracks on Snow...Director of Photography
1977Antennid jääs...Director of Photography
1976A Human is Born......Director of Photography
1976Childhood...Director of Photography
1976Return...Director of Photography
1975Colourful Dreams...Camera Operator
1972Forest Captain...Assistant Camera

Crew

1975Hit Back...Cinematography

Acting

2020Cursed Filmsas Self
2012Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovskyas Self
1998Killing Tartuas Arnold Kere
1983Arabella, the Pirate's Daughteras Worker
1979Nest of Windsas Juhan Piir
1973Power of Dreamas