7.4
7.4
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974
as Hombrecito, the Indian
Kidlat Tahimik
Directing
Born:October 3, 1942(age 83)
Birthplace:Baguio City, Benguet, Philippines
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CommunityBiography
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 (33 movies)
7.1
7.1
Perfumed Nightmare
1979
Director
7.0
7.0
Sinong Lumikha ng Yoyo? Sinong Lumikha ng Moon Buggy?
1979
Writer
6.0
6.0
A Movie Capital
1991
as Self
6.0
6.0
Some More Rice
2005
Writer
5.4
5.4
Turumba
1981
Writer
5.0
5.0
Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
1994
Director
4.8
4.8
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
2010
as Himself
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
2015
Director
I am Blushing
1981
as Kidlat, the driver
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
1996
Director
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
2017
Director
Bulakna
2025
A Man Who Became Cinema
2018
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
2011
Lucid
2023
as Himself
Shaman Wars
1982
as Shaman
First Light
2025
Cinemartyrs
2025
as Tatay Kidlat
Ode to Dreamers
2015
as Panaginip Pictures CEO
Shaman Showman: The Life and Work of Roberto Villanueva
TBA
Memories of Overdevelopment
1984
Writer
Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons
1992
Writer
Celebrating the Year 2021, Today
1995
Writer
Holy Wood
2003
Writer
Journey
2019
Screenplay
Video-Palaro: The Video Diaries of Kidlat Tahimik
2006
Director
Our Bomb Mission in Hiroshima
1995
Director
Kabunyan's Journey to Liwanag
2020
Director
Yan Ki Made in Hongkong
1980
Writer
Takedera mon amour: Diary of a Bamboo Connection
1991
Writer
Our Film-Grimage to Guimaras
2005
Writer
Roofs of the World! Unite!
2006
Director
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