Kidlat Tahimik
Directing · 83 years old
Baguio City, Benguet, Philippines
Eric de Guia (born October 3, 1942 in Baguio City, Philippines), better known as Kidlat Tahimik (a Tagalog translation of "silent lightning"), is a film director, writer and actor whose films are commonly associated with the Third Cinemamovement through their critiques of neocolonialism. One of the most prominent names in the Filipino film industry, he has garnered various accolades locally and internationally, including a Plaridel honorarium for Independent Cinema. He is dubbed by fellow filmmakers and critics as the "Father of Philippine Independent Cinema".
Known For
José Rizal
La Liga Filipina Guest
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Hombrecito, the Indian
Perfumed Nightmare
Kidlat
Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?
Kidlat
A Movie Capital
Self
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
Himself
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
Lucid
Himself
Shaman Wars
Shaman
A Man Who Became Cinema
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
Himself
I am Blushing
Kidlat, the driver
Ode to Dreamers
Panaginip Pictures CEO
Bulakna
Shaman Showman: The Life and Work of Roberto Villanueva
First Light
Diwa
Cinemartyrs
Tatay Kidlat
Behind the Scenes
Perfumed Nightmare
Director
Perfumed Nightmare
Writer
Perfumed Nightmare
Producer
Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?
Writer
Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?
Director
Some More Rice
Director
Some More Rice
Writer
Turumba
Director
Turumba
Writer
Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
Writer
Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
Director
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
Director