- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- October 3, 1942
- Place of Birth
- Baguio City, Benguet, Philippines
Kidlat Tahimik
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".
Filmography
movieFirst Light
2026 · Diwa
movieCinemartyrs
2025 · Tatay Kidlat
movieBulakna
2025
movieLucid
2023 · Himself
movieKabunyan's Journey to Liwanag
2020 · Director
movieJourney
2019 · Director, Screenplay
movieA Man Who Became Cinema
2018
movieBalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
2017 · , Director
movieOde to Dreamers
2015 · Panaginip Pictures CEO
movieBalikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
2015 · , Director
movieIllogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
2011
moviePhilippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
2010 · Himself
movieRoofs of the World! Unite!
2006 · Director, Writer
movieVideo-Palaro: The Video Diaries of Kidlat Tahimik
2006 · Director
movieOur Film-Grimage to Guimaras
2005 · Director, Writer
movieSome More Rice
2005 · Director, Writer
movieHoly Wood
2003 · Director, Writer
movieJosé Rizal
1998 · La Liga Filipina Guest
movieJapanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
1996 · Himself, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
movieCelebrating the Year 2021, Today
1995 · Director, Writer
movieOur Bomb Mission in Hiroshima
1995 · Director
movieWhy Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
1994 · Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
movieOrbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons
1992 · Director, Writer
movieA Movie Capital
1991 · Self
movieTakedera mon amour: Diary of a Bamboo Connection
1991 · Director, Writer
movieMemories of Overdevelopment
1984 · Director, Writer
movieShaman Wars
1982 · Shaman
movieI am Blushing
1981 · Kidlat, the driver
movieTurumba
1981 · Director, Writer
movieYan Ki Made in Hongkong
1980 · Director, Writer
moviePerfumed Nightmare
1979 · Kidlat, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography, Cinematography, Idea, Story, Screenplay, Script
movieWho Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?
1979 · Kidlat, Writer, Cinematography, Production Design, Editor, Director
movieThe Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974 · Hombrecito, the Indian
movieShaman Showman: The Life and Work of Roberto Villanueva
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