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Arvo Iho
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 wo…
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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.
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2020
Cursed Films
TV show Self
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2012
Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky
Movie Self
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2007
The Gardener
Movie Director
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2004
Visions of Europe
Movie Director
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2001
The Heart of the Bear
Movie Director
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1998
Dragonflies and Coliaths
Movie Director of Photography
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1998
Killing Tartu
Movie Arnold Kere
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1998
Dear Mister Moon
Movie Director of Photography
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1995
Ta-ram, ta-ram
Movie Producer
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1991
For Crazies Only
Movie Director
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1989
Milarepa laulud
Movie Director
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1988
The Bird Watcher
Movie Director
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1985
Smile at Last
Movie Director of Photography
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1984
Lurich
Movie Director of Photography
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1983
Arabella, the Pirate's Daughter
Movie Worker
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1983
Corrida
Movie Director of Photography
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1983
Hell
Movie Camera Operator
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1981
The Ideal Landscape
Movie Director of Photography
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1980
Edison's Disco
Movie Director of Photography
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1979
Nest of Winds
Movie Juhan Piir
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1979
Stalker
Movie Assistant Director
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1978
Daisy Petal Game
Movie Director of Photography
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1978
Tracks on Snow
Movie Writer
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1977
Antennid jääs
Movie Director of Photography
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1976
A Human is Born...
Movie Director of Photography
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1976
Childhood
Movie Director of Photography
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1976
Return
Movie Director of Photography
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1975
Hit Back
Movie Cinematography
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1975
Colourful Dreams
Movie Camera Operator
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1973
Power of Dream
Movie
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1972
Forest Captain
Movie Assistant Camera
