Kidlat Tahimik
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 3, 1942
- Birthplace
- 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".
Filmography
Shaman Showman: The Life and Work of Roberto Villanueva TBA
Actor
First Light 2026
as Diwa
Cinemartyrs 2025
as Tatay Kidlat
Bulakna 2025
Actor
Tata Cuts Down the Timescape 2023
as Self
- Tata Picks Up the Landscape
Tata Picks Up the Landscape 2023
as Self
Lucid 2023
as Himself
Kabunyan's Journey to Liwanag 2020
Director
Journey 2019
Director, Screenplay
A Man Who Became Cinema 2018
Actor
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI 2017
Actor, Director
Ode to Dreamers 2015
as Panaginip Pictures CEO
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III 2015
Actor, Director
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism 2011
Actor
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement 2010
as Himself
Video-Palaro: The Video Diaries of Kidlat Tahimik 2006
Director
Roofs of the World! Unite! 2006
Director, Writer
Our Film-Grimage to Guimaras 2005
Director, Writer
Some More Rice 2005
Director, Writer
Holy Wood 2003
Director, Writer
José Rizal 1998
as La Liga Filipina Guest
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi 1996
as Himself, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Our Bomb Mission in Hiroshima 1995
Director
Celebrating the Year 2021, Today 1995
Director, Writer
Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow? 1994
Writer, Director of Photography, Director, Editor
Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons 1992
Director, Writer
A Movie Capital 1991
as Self
Takedera mon amour: Diary of a Bamboo Connection 1991
Director, Writer
Memories of Overdevelopment 1984
Director, Writer
Shaman Wars 1982
as Shaman
I am Blushing 1981
as Kidlat, the driver
Turumba 1981
Director, Writer
Yan Ki Made in Hongkong 1980
Director, Writer
Perfumed Nightmare 1979
as Kidlat, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography, Cinematography, Idea, Story, Screenplay, Script
Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy? 1979
as Kidlat, Writer, Cinematography, Production Design, Editor, Director
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser 1974
as Hombrecito, the Indian
Credits from TMDB.