Kidlat Tahimik
Kidlat Tahimik
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Kidlat Tahimik

Director 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 ...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

1974 · Hombrecito, the Indian

Perfumed Nightmare

Perfumed Nightmare

1979 · Kidlat

José Rizal

José Rizal

1998 · La Liga Filipina Guest

Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement

Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement

2010 · Himself

Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?

Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?

1979 · Kidlat

Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi

Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi

1996 · Himself

First Light

First Light

2026 · Diwa

A Movie Capital

A Movie Capital

1991 · Self

I am Blushing

I am Blushing

1981 · Kidlat, the driver

Lucid

Lucid

2023 · Himself

Cinemartyrs

Cinemartyrs

2025 · Tatay Kidlat

Shaman Wars

Shaman Wars

1982 · Shaman

Bulakna

Bulakna

2025 · Movie

Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III

Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III

2015 · Movie

BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI

BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI

2017 · Movie

Ode to Dreamers

Ode to Dreamers

2015 · Panaginip Pictures CEO

Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism

Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism

2011 · Movie

A Man Who Became Cinema

A Man Who Became Cinema

2018 · Movie

Tata Cuts Down the Timescape

Tata Cuts Down the Timescape

2023 · Self

Tata Picks Up the Landscape

2023 · Self