In 2004, he won Finland's State Prize for Art.

[1] Härö grew up in a Swedish-speaking Finnish family.

[2] He studied directing and attended screen writing seminars at the University of Industrial Arts in Helsinki.

[citation needed] In 2003 Klaus Härö received the Ingmar Bergman Award, the winner of which was chosen by Ingmar Bergman himself.

Four of Härö's features were chosen as Finland's submission for the best foreign-language film category at the Oscars.