Directing

Kidlat Tahimik

Birth Date

October 3, 1942

(83 years old)

Place of Birth

Baguio City, Benguet, Philippines

Popularity

trending_up0

IMDb

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".

Photos

Kidlat Tahimik

Biography

Photos

Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

A Movie Capital

Perfumed Nightmare

José Rizal

Bulakna

Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?

Shaman Wars

A Man Who Became Cinema

Lucid

Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III

I am Blushing

BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI

Shaman Showman: The Life and Work of Roberto Villanueva

First Light

Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement

Ode to Dreamers

Cinemartyrs

Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism