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Known For
Directing
Birthday
October 3, 1942
Place of Birth
Baguio City, Benguet, Philippines
Kidlat Tahimik
0.3 Popularity
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".
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Tatay Kidlat
Cinemartyrs
2025
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Diwa
First Light
2025
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Bulakna
2025
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Himself
Lucid
2023
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A Man Who Became Cinema
2018
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BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
2017
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Panaginip Pictures CEO
Ode to Dreamers
2015
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Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
2015
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Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
2011
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Himself
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
2010
Credits
Cinemartyrs
as Tatay Kidlat
2025
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First Light
as Diwa
2025
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Bulakna
2025
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Lucid
as Himself
2023
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A Man Who Became Cinema
2018
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BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
2017
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Ode to Dreamers
as Panaginip Pictures CEO
2015
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Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
2015
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Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
2011
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Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
as Himself
2010
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José Rizal
as La Liga Filipina Guest
1998
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Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
as Himself
1996
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A Movie Capital
as Self
1991
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Shaman Wars
as Shaman
1982
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I am Blushing
as Kidlat, the driver
1981
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Perfumed Nightmare
as Kidlat
1979
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Sinong Lumikha ng Yoyo? Sinong Lumikha ng Moon Buggy?
as Kidlat
1979
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The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
as Hombrecito, the Indian
1974
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Shaman Showman: The Life and Work of Roberto Villanueva
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