Kidlat Tahimik
Directing
- Born:
- 1942-10-03
- Place of birth:
- 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".
Known For
Filmography
First Light
Cinemartyrs
Bulakna
Tata Picks Up the Landscape
Tata Cuts Down the Timescape
Lucid
A Man Who Became Cinema
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
Ode to Dreamers
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
José Rizal
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
A Movie Capital
Shaman Wars
I am Blushing
Perfumed Nightmare
Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Shaman Showman: The Life and Work of Roberto Villanueva