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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
Kabunyan's Journey to Liwanag2020 · Director	Director
Journey2019 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI2017 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III2015 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Roofs of the World! Unite!2006 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
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
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi1996 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	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 · Director of Photography, Writer, Director	Director of Photography, Writer, Director
Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons1992 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Takedera mon amour: Diary of a Bamboo Connection1991 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Memories of Overdevelopment1984 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Turumba1981 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Yan Ki Made in Hongkong1980 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
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