
Cast
Kidlat Tahimik
Directing
Cast
Kidlat Tahimik
Known for
Directing
Born
1942-10-03
From
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".

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
as Hombrecito, the Indian

I am Blushing
as Kidlat, the driver

José Rizal
as La Liga Filipina Guest

Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?
as Kidlat

A Movie Capital
as Self

Cinemartyrs
as Tatay Kidlat

Perfumed Nightmare
as Kidlat

Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III

First Light
as Diwa

Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
as Himself

BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI

Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism

Shaman Showman: The Life and Work of Roberto Villanueva

A Man Who Became Cinema

Ode to Dreamers
as Panaginip Pictures CEO

Shaman Wars
as Shaman

Bulakna

Lucid
as Himself

Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
as Himself