Arvo Iho

• Name — Arvo Iho • Born — 21 June 1949 • Birthplace — Rakvere, then part of Estonian SSR, Soviet Union • Occupation — Film director, cinematographer • Years Active — 1970s–present

Iho was born in Rakvere, and he is of Ingrian Finnish descent. He 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.

• Mitme Kandiga Õun (Skulptor Ülo Õun) (1984) • 29 Minutes with Ülo Õun (1984) • Games for School-Age Children (1985) • Tülitaja (1986) • The Birdwatcher (1987) • Milarepa Laulud (1989) • For Crazies Only (1990) • Sireniki Kroonika (1991) • Impeeriumi Lapsed (1993) • Jaanipäev Ingerimaal (1995) • The Heart of the Bear (2001) • Marina Kuvaitseva and the Lonely Women (2004) • Children of the Singing Revolution (2004)