Kidlat Tahimik
Directing
Born 1942-10-03 · 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".
Acting
First Light
Diwa
Cinemartyrs
Tatay Kidlat
Bulakna
Lucid
Himself
A Man Who Became Cinema
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
Ode to Dreamers
Panaginip Pictures CEO
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
Himself
José Rizal
La Liga Filipina Guest
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
Himself
A Movie Capital
Self
Shaman Wars
Shaman
I am Blushing
Kidlat, the driver
Perfumed Nightmare
Kidlat
Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?
Kidlat
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Hombrecito, the Indian
Crew
Kabunyan's Journey to Liwanag
Director
Journey
Director
Journey
Screenplay
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
Director
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
Director
Roofs of the World! Unite!
Director
Roofs of the World! Unite!
Writer
Video-Palaro: The Video Diaries of Kidlat Tahimik
Director
Our Film-Grimage to Guimaras
Director
Our Film-Grimage to Guimaras
Writer
Some More Rice
Director
Some More Rice
Writer
Holy Wood
Director
Holy Wood
Writer
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
Director
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
Writer
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
Director of Photography
Celebrating the Year 2021, Today
Director
Celebrating the Year 2021, Today
Writer
Our Bomb Mission in Hiroshima
Director