Kidlat Tahimik
Directing · Born 1942-10-03 · age 83 · 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".
Titles
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Perfumed Nightmare
Turumba
José Rizal
Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?
I am Blushing
First Light
Some More Rice
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
Shaman Wars
A Man Who Became Cinema
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
Ode to Dreamers
Bulakna
Shaman Showman: The Life and Work of Roberto Villanueva
Cinemartyrs
Yan Ki Made in Hongkong
Our Film-Grimage to Guimaras
Roofs of the World! Unite!
Takedera mon amour: Diary of a Bamboo Connection
Memories of Overdevelopment
Celebrating the Year 2021, Today
Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons
Holy Wood
Journey
Video-Palaro: The Video Diaries of Kidlat Tahimik
Our Bomb Mission in Hiroshima
Kabunyan's Journey to Liwanag