Arvo Iho
Born (1949-06-21) 21 June 1949 (age 74)
Rakvere, Estonia
Occupation(s)Film director, cinematographer
Years active1970s–present

Arvo Iho (born 21 June 1949) is an Estonian film director, cinematographer, actor and photographer, who has worked in the areas of documentary and drama.[1]

Career

Iho was born in Rakvere, and he is of Ingrian Finnish descent.[2] He worked as a photographer and assistant for Tallinnfilm before studying cinematography at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography.[1] Iho acted as assistant director to Andrei Tarkovsky on the 1979 film Stalker.[1][3] He went on to work as a cameraman for Tallinnfilm in the 1980s.[1]

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.[1][4][5] He followed this with Only for the Insane (1990).[1] In 2001 he made The Heart of the Bear, based on the Nikolai Baturin novel, and in 2006 made Gooseberries.[1]

As a photographer, Iho has exhibited nationally and internationally.[1][3][6]

As of 2017, Iho was a professor at Tallinn University's Baltic Film and Media School.[3]

Filmography as director

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Rollberg, Peter (2016) Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; Second edition, ISBN 978-1442268418, pp. 307–308
  2. ^ "Jakso 11: Basaari". Yle Areena [fi] (in Finnish). Yle. 26 February 2001. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Parbat, Kalyan (2017) "Arvo Iho: The man who took Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky to the 'Zone'", The Economic Times, 4 October 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2019
  4. ^ Mazierska, Ewa; Kristensen, Lars; Naripea, Eva (2013) Postcolonial Approaches to Eastern European Cinema: Portraying Neighbours on Screen, I.B. Tauris, ISBN 978-1780763019, p. 310
  5. ^ Horton, Andrew & Brashinsky, Michael (1992) The Zero Hour: Glasnost and Soviet Cinema in Transition, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691019208, p. 237
  6. ^ "Moskva kinomajas eksponeeritakse Arvo Iho fotosid Tarkovskist", Postimees, 13 April 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2019
  7. ^ Paavle, Silja (2012) Arvo Iho: "Filmi "Naerata ometi!" jõhkrus oli päriselt olemas."", Õhtuleht, 10 September 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2018
  8. ^ "The Birdwatcher", Sky UK. Retrieved 12 January 2019
  9. ^ "The Birdwatcher", Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Retrieved 12 January 2019
  10. ^ a b "The Bird Watcher", efis.ee. Retrieved 12 January 2019
  11. ^ "795 Eesti Vabariigi väärikat." Õhtuleht, 2 February 2001. Retrieved 12 January 2019.

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