Kidlat Tahimik
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
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Perfumed Nightmare
José Rizal
Cinemartyrs
I am Blushing
First Light
Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
All Movies (19)
- First Light2026 · as Diwa
- Cinemartyrs2025 · as Tatay Kidlat
- Bulakna2025
- Lucid2023 · as Himself
- A Man Who Became Cinema2018
- BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI2017
- Ode to Dreamers2015 · as Panaginip Pictures CEO
- Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III2015
- Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism2011
- Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement2010 · as Himself
- José Rizal1998 · as La Liga Filipina Guest
- Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi1996 · as Himself
- A Movie Capital1991 · as Self
- Shaman Wars1982 · as Shaman
- I am Blushing1981 · as Kidlat, the driver
- Perfumed Nightmare1979 · as Kidlat
- Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?1979 · as Kidlat
- The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser1974 · as Hombrecito, the Indian
- Shaman Showman: The Life and Work of Roberto Villanueva—