Kidlat Tahimik
Directing • Born 1942-10-03
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".
Filmography
19 credits
Perfumed Nightmare
Movie • 1979
Kidlat
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
Movie • 2011
Lucid
Movie • 2023
Himself
Shaman Wars
Movie • 1982
Shaman
A Man Who Became Cinema
Movie • 2018
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Movie • 1974
Hombrecito, the Indian
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
Movie • 2015
A Movie Capital
Movie • 1991
Self
José Rizal
Movie • 1998
La Liga Filipina Guest
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
Movie • 2017
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
Movie • 1996
Himself
I am Blushing
Movie • 1981
Kidlat, the driver
Ode to Dreamers
Movie • 2015
Panaginip Pictures CEO
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
Movie • 2010
Himself
Sinong Lumikha ng Yoyo? Sinong Lumikha ng Moon Buggy?
Movie • 1979
Kidlat
Bulakna
Movie • 2025
Shaman Showman: The Life and Work of Roberto Villanueva
Movie
First Light
Movie • 2025
Diwa
Cinemartyrs
Movie • 2025
Tatay Kidlat