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Kidlat Tahimik

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Birthdate

1942-10-03 (Age: 84)

Place of Birth

Baguio City, Benguet, Philippines

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".

Filmography (18)

⭐ 0 Role: Diwa

First Light

2026
⭐ 0 Role: Tatay Kidlat

Cinemartyrs

2025
⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Bulakna

2025
⭐ 0 Role: Himself

Lucid

2023
⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

A Man Who Became Cinema

2018
⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI

2017
⭐ 0 Role: Panaginip Pictures CEO

Ode to Dreamers

2015
⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III

2015
⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism

2011
⭐ 4.8 Role: Himself

Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement

2010
⭐ 9.0 Role: La Liga Filipina Guest

José Rizal

1998
⭐ 8.0 Role: Himself

Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi

1996
⭐ 6.0 Role: Self

A Movie Capital

1991
⭐ 0 Role: Shaman

Shaman Wars

1982
⭐ 9.0 Role: Kidlat, the driver

I am Blushing

1981