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Kidlat Tahimik

Kidlat Tahimik
  • Name: Kidlat Tahimik
  • Birthday: 1942-10-03
  • Place of birth: Baguio City, Benguet, Philippines
  • Popularity: 2.634
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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Title Release date
Lucid   as  Himself 2023-08-07
A Man Who Became Cinema 2018-12-10
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI 2017-01-20
Ode to Dreamers   as  Panaginip Pictures CEO 2015-05-26
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III 2015-02-10
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism 2011-06-03
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement   as  Himself 2010-01-01
José Rizal   as  La Liga Filipina Guest 1998-12-25
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi   as  Himself 1996-01-01
A Movie Capital   as  Self 1991-10-12
Shaman Wars   as  Shaman 1982-11-18
I am Blushing   as  Kidlat, the driver 1981-10-12
Perfumed Nightmare   as  Kidlat 1979-01-08
Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?   as  Kidlat 1979-01-01
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser   as  Hombrecito, the Indian 1974-11-01