Kidlat Tahimik
Directing
- Born
- October 3, 1942 (age 84) · Baguio City, Benguet, Philippines
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
Perfumed Nightmare
January 8, 1979
Turumba
May 15, 1981
Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
July 9, 1994
Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?
January 1, 1979
Some More Rice
January 1, 2005
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
January 1, 1996
Journey
April 3, 2019
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
February 10, 2015
Yan Ki Made in Hongkong
January 1, 1980
Takedera mon amour: Diary of a Bamboo Connection
January 1, 1991
Roofs of the World! Unite!
January 1, 2006
Our Film-Grimage to Guimaras
July 15, 2005
Behind the camera20
- 2020Kabunyan's Journey to Liwanag Director
- 2019Journey Director, Screenplay
- 2017BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI Director
- 2015Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III Director
- 2006Roofs of the World! Unite! Writer, Director
- 2006Video-Palaro: The Video Diaries of Kidlat Tahimik Director
- 2005Our Film-Grimage to Guimaras Director, Writer
- 2005Some More Rice Director, Writer
- 2003Holy Wood Director, Writer
- 1996