Kidlat Tahimik
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".
Known For
19 titles
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
José Rizal
I am Blushing
Perfumed Nightmare
First Light
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
A Man Who Became Cinema
Cinemartyrs
A Movie Capital
Bulakna
Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
Ode to Dreamers
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
Lucid
Shaman Wars
Shaman Showman: The Life and Work of Roberto Villanueva