Arvo Iho
Born: 1949-06-21 in Rakvere, Lääne-Viru County, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2020
- Cursed Films as Self
2012
- Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky as Self
2007
- The Gardener ... (Director)
2004
- Visions of Europe ... (Director)
2001
- The Heart of the Bear ... (Director)
1998
- Dragonflies and Coliaths ... (Director of Photography)
- Dear Mister Moon ... (Director of Photography)
- Killing Tartu as Arnold Kere
1995
- Ta-ram, ta-ram ... (Producer)
1991
- For Crazies Only ... (Director)
1989
- Milarepa laulud ... (Director)
1988
- The Bird Watcher ... (Director)
1985
- Smile at Last ... (Director of Photography)
1984
- Lurich ... (Director of Photography)
1982
- Arabella, the Pirate's Daughter as Worker
1981
- The Ideal Landscape ... (Director of Photography)
1980
- Edison's Disco ... (Director of Photography)
1979
- Stalker ... (Assistant Director)
- Nest of Winds as Juhan Piir
1978
- Daisy Petal Game ... (Director of Photography)
- Tracks on Snow ... (Writer)
1977
- Antennid jääs ... (Director of Photography)
1976
- Return ... (Director of Photography)
- Childhood ... (Director of Photography)
- A Human is Born... ... (Director of Photography)
1975
- Colourful Dreams ... (Camera Operator)
- Hit Back ... (Cinematography)
1973
1972
- Forest Captain ... (Assistant Camera)