Kidlat Tahimik

Directing·Oct 3, 1942·Baguio City, Benguet, Philippines

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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".

Film	Credit
First Light2026 · Diwa	Diwa
Cinemartyrs2025 · Tatay Kidlat	Tatay Kidlat
Bulakna2025 · Actor	Actor
Lucid2023 · Himself	Himself
Kabunyan's Journey to Liwanag2020 · Director	Director
Journey2019 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
A Man Who Became Cinema2018 · Actor	Actor
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI2017 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Ode to Dreamers2015 · Panaginip Pictures CEO	Panaginip Pictures CEO
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III2015 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism2011 · Actor	Actor
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement2010 · Himself	Himself
Roofs of the World! Unite!2006 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Video-Palaro: The Video Diaries of Kidlat Tahimik2006 · Director	Director
Our Film-Grimage to Guimaras2005 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Some More Rice2005 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Holy Wood2003 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
José Rizal1998 · La Liga Filipina Guest	La Liga Filipina Guest
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi1996 · Himself, Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Himself, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Celebrating the Year 2021, Today1995 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Our Bomb Mission in Hiroshima1995 · Director	Director
Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?1994 · Writer, Director of Photography, Director	Writer, Director of Photography, Director
Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons1992 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
A Movie Capital1991 · Self	Self
Takedera mon amour: Diary of a Bamboo Connection1991 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Memories of Overdevelopment1984 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Shaman Wars1982 · Shaman	Shaman
I am Blushing1981 · Kidlat, the driver	Kidlat, the driver
Turumba1981 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Yan Ki Made in Hongkong1980 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Perfumed Nightmare1979 · Kidlat, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Screenplay	Kidlat, Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Screenplay
Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?1979 · Kidlat, Writer, Director	Kidlat, Writer, Director
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser1974 · Hombrecito, the Indian	Hombrecito, the Indian
Shaman Showman: The Life and Work of Roberto VillanuevaActor	Actor