Kidlat Tahimik
Directing · Born Oct 3, 1942 · 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
Directed
Kabunyan's Journey to Liwanag
2020
Journey
20196.0
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
2017
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
2015
Roofs of the World! Unite!
2006
Video-Palaro: The Video Diaries of Kidlat Tahimik
2006
Our Film-Grimage to Guimaras
2005
Some More Rice
20056.0
Holy Wood
2003
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
19968.0
Celebrating the Year 2021, Today
1995
Our Bomb Mission in Hiroshima
1995
Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
19946.2
Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons
1992
Takedera mon amour: Diary of a Bamboo Connection
1991
Memories of Overdevelopment
1984
Turumba
19816.2
Yan Ki Made in Hongkong
1980
Perfumed Nightmare
19797.2
Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?
19797.5
