Arvo Iho

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.

Career 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. He went on to work as a cameraman for Tallinnfilm in the 1980s. He followed this with Only for the Insane (1990).

As of 2017, Iho was a professor at Tallinn University's Baltic Film and Media School. UNICEF Award, Berlin International Film Festival, 1987 (with Leida Laius), for Naerata ometi Jury Special Prize, Torino International Festival of Young Cinema, 1988, for The Birdwatcher FIPRESCI prize for best debut film, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Czech Republic), 1988, for The Birdwatcher Grand Jury Prize, Rouen Nordic Film Festival, 1990, for The Birdwatcher Grand Prize & Catholic Film Critics Award, Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival, 1992, for Ainult hulludele ehk halastajaõde