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Kidlat Tahimik

Kidlat Tahimik

Directing · 0.4 popularity

Age

83

Movies

19

TV

0

Born
October 3, 1942
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".

Works

19 films

Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi

Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi

19968.0

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

19747.3

A Movie Capital

A Movie Capital

19916.0

Bulakna

Bulakna

2025

Perfumed Nightmare

Perfumed Nightmare

19797.2

José Rizal

José Rizal

19989.0

Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?

Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?

19797.5

Lucid

Lucid

2023

Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III

Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III

2015

A Man Who Became Cinema

A Man Who Became Cinema

2018

Shaman Wars

Shaman Wars

1982

Shaman Showman: The Life and Work of Roberto Villanueva

Shaman Showman: The Life and Work of Roberto Villanueva

2026

I am Blushing

I am Blushing

19819.0

BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI

BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI

2017

Cinemartyrs

Cinemartyrs

2025

First Light

First Light

20268.0

Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement

Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement

20104.8

Ode to Dreamers

Ode to Dreamers

2015

Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism

Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism

2011