Biography
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".
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Filmography
all 30
Movies 30
Director 17
self 3
Himself
Lucid (2023)
Movie
Actor
Kabunyan's Journey to Liwanag (2020)
Movie
Director
Journey (2019)
Movie
A Man Who Became Cinema (2018)
Movie
Director
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI (2017)
Movie
Panaginip Pictures CEO
Ode to Dreamers (2015)
Movie
Director
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III (2015)
Movie
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism (2011)
Movie
Himself
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement (2010)
Movie
Director
Video-Palaro: The Video Diaries of Kidlat Tahimik (2006)
Movie
Director / Writer
Roofs of the World! Unite! (2006)
Movie
Director / Writer
Our Film-Grimage to Guimaras (2005)
Movie
Director / Writer
Some More Rice (2005)
Movie
Director / Writer
Holy Wood (2003)
Movie
La Liga Filipina Guest
José Rizal (1998)
Movie
Director
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi (1996)
Movie
Director
Our Bomb Mission in Hiroshima (1995)
Movie
Director / Writer
Celebrating the Year 2021, Today (1995)
Movie
Director
Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow? (1994)
Movie
Director / Writer
Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons (1992)
Movie
Self
A Movie Capital (1991)
Movie
Director / Writer
Takedera mon amour: Diary of a Bamboo Connection (1991)
Movie
Director
Memories of Overdevelopment (1984)
Movie
Shaman
Shaman Wars (1982)
Movie
Kidlat, the driver
I am Blushing (1981)
Movie
Director
Turumba (1981)
Movie
Director / Writer
Yan Ki Made in Hongkong (1980)
Movie
Kidlat
Perfumed Nightmare (1979)
Movie
Kidlat
Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy? (1979)
Movie
Hombrecito, the Indian
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
Movie
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1991
1998
1995
2023
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1942-10-03 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceBaguio, Philippines
CitizenshipsPhilippines
AwardsNational Artist of the Philippines, Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize
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