Kidlat Tahimik
October 3, 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".
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Credits
- 2023 · Lucid as Himself
- 2018 · A Man Who Became Cinema as
- 2017 · BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI as
- 2015 · Ode to Dreamers as Panaginip Pictures CEO
- 2015 · Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III as
- 2011 · Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism as
- 2010 · Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement as Himself
- 1998 · José Rizal as La Liga Filipina Guest
- 1996 · Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi as Himself
- 1991 · A Movie Capital as Self
- 1982 · Shaman Wars as Shaman
- 1981 · I am Blushing as Kidlat, the driver
- 1979 · Perfumed Nightmare as Kidlat
- 1979 · Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy? as Kidlat
- 1974 · The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser as Hombrecito, the Indian