Kidlat Tahimik
Birthday
1942/10/03 (82 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Baguio City, Benguet, Philippines
Also know as
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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".
Acting
(1979) Perfumed Nightmare
as Kidlat
(2011) Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
as ---
(2023) Lucid
as Himself
(1982) Shaman Wars
as Shaman
(2018) A Man Who Became Cinema
as ---
(1974) The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
as Hombrecito, the Indian
(2015) Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
as ---
(1991) A Movie Capital
as Self
(1998) José Rizal
as La Liga Filipina Guest
(2017) BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
as ---
(1996) Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
as Himself
(1981) I am Blushing
as Kidlat, the driver
(2015) Ode to Dreamers
as Panaginip Pictures CEO
(2010) Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
as Himself
(1979) Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?
as Kidlat