Kidlat Tahimik
Directing
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 34
Movies (34)
First Light2026Diwa
Cinemartyrs2025Tatay Kidlat
Bulakna2025
Lucid2023Himself
Kabunyan's Journey to Liwanag2020Directing
Journey2019Directing
A Man Who Became Cinema2018
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI2017
Ode to Dreamers2015Panaginip Pictures CEO
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III2015
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism2011
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement2010Himself
Roofs of the World! Unite!2006Directing
Video-Palaro: The Video Diaries of Kidlat Tahimik2006Directing
Our Film-Grimage to Guimaras2005Directing
Some More Rice2005Directing
Holy Wood2003Directing
José Rizal1998La Liga Filipina Guest
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi1996Himself
Our Bomb Mission in Hiroshima1995Directing
Celebrating the Year 2021, Today1995Directing
Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?1994Directing
Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons1992Directing
A Movie Capital1991Self
Takedera mon amour: Diary of a Bamboo Connection1991Directing
Memories of Overdevelopment1984Directing
Shaman Wars1982Shaman
I am Blushing1981Kidlat, the driver
Turumba1981Directing
Yan Ki Made in Hongkong1980Directing