Kidlat Tahimik
Director · Actor · WriterEric 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".
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KNOWN FOR
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR19
First Light
2026
Diwa
Bulakna
2025
Cinemartyrs
2025
Tatay Kidlat
Lucid
2023
Himself
A Man Who Became Cinema
2018
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
2017
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
2015
Ode to Dreamers
2015
Panaginip Pictures CEO
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
2011
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
2010
Himself
José Rizal
1998
La Liga Filipina Guest
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
1996
Himself
A Movie Capital
1991
Self
Shaman Wars
1982
Shaman
I am Blushing
1981
Kidlat, the driver
Perfumed Nightmare
1979
Kidlat
Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?
1979
Kidlat
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974
Hombrecito, the Indian
Shaman Showman: The Life and Work of Roberto Villanueva
DIRECTOR20
Kabunyan's Journey to Liwanag
2020
Director
Journey
2019
Director
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
2017
Director
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
2015
Director
Roofs of the World! Unite!
2006
Director
Video-Palaro: The Video Diaries of Kidlat Tahimik
2006
Director
Some More Rice
2005
Director
Our Film-Grimage to Guimaras
2005
Director
Holy Wood
2003
Director
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
1996
Director
Celebrating the Year 2021, Today
1995
Director
Our Bomb Mission in Hiroshima
1995
Director
Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
1994
Director
Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons
1992
Director
Takedera mon amour: Diary of a Bamboo Connection
1991
Director
Memories of Overdevelopment
1984
Director
Turumba
1981
Director
Yan Ki Made in Hongkong
1980
Director
Perfumed Nightmare
1979
Director
Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?
1979
Director
WRITER15
Journey
2019
Screenplay
Roofs of the World! Unite!
2006
Writer
Some More Rice
2005
Writer
Our Film-Grimage to Guimaras
2005
Writer
Holy Wood
2003
Writer
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
1996
Writer
Celebrating the Year 2021, Today
1995
Writer
Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
1994
Writer
Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons
1992
Writer
Takedera mon amour: Diary of a Bamboo Connection
1991
Writer
Memories of Overdevelopment
1984
Writer
Turumba
1981
Writer
Yan Ki Made in Hongkong
1980
Writer
Perfumed Nightmare
1979
Writer, Idea, Story, Screenplay
Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?
1979
Writer
