Directing
Kidlat Tahimik
Born October 3, 1942 Baguio City, Benguet, Philippines
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
8.0
First Light
2026·Drama
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Cinemartyrs
2025·Drama
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Bulakna
2025·Documentary
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Lucid
2023·Documentary
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A Man Who Became Cinema
2018·Documentary
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BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
2017·Documentary
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Ode to Dreamers
2015·Comedy
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Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
2015·Documentary
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Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
2011·Documentary
4.8
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
2010·Documentary
9.0
José Rizal
1998·Drama
8.0
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
1996·Documentary
6.0
A Movie Capital
1991·Documentary
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Shaman Wars
1982
9.0
I am Blushing
1981·Comedy
7.3
Perfumed Nightmare
1979·Documentary
7.5
Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?
1979·Documentary
7.3
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974·Drama
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