Kidlat Tahimik
Known for: Directing
Born: October 2, 1942 in 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
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Perfumed Nightmare
Kidlat
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
Lucid
Himself
Shaman Wars
Shaman
A Man Who Became Cinema
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Hombrecito, the Indian
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
A Movie Capital
Self
José Rizal
La Liga Filipina Guest
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
I am Blushing
Kidlat, the driver
Ode to Dreamers
Panaginip Pictures CEO
Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?
Kidlat
Bulakna
Shaman Showman: The Life and Work of Roberto Villanueva
First Light
Diwa
Cinemartyrs
Tatay Kidlat
Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
Director of Photography
Turumba
Director
Yan Ki Made in Hongkong
Director
Our Film-Grimage to Guimaras
Director
Some More Rice
Director
Roofs of the World! Unite!
Writer
Takedera mon amour: Diary of a Bamboo Connection
Writer