profile image

Kidlat Tahimik

Oct 03, 1942 (82 years old) 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

poster
José Rizal
La Liga Filipina Guest
poster
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Hombrecito, the Indian
poster
Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?
Kidlat
poster
Perfumed Nightmare
Kidlat
poster
A Movie Capital
Self
poster
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
Himself
poster
I am Blushing
Kidlat, the driver
poster
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
poster
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
Himself
poster
Ode to Dreamers
Panaginip Pictures CEO

Credits