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: Directing

Born: Baguio City, Benguet, Philippines, 1942-10-03

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1974	The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser	Hombrecito, the Indian	73
2	1979	Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?	Kidlat	70
3	1979	Perfumed Nightmare	Kidlat	72
4	1981	I am Blushing	Kidlat, the driver	0
5	1982	Shaman Wars	Shaman	0
6	1991	A Movie Capital	Self	60
7	1996	Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi	Himself	0
8	1998	José Rizal	La Liga Filipina Guest	90
9	2010	Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement	Himself	48
10	2011	Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism		0
11	2015	Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III		0
12	2015	Ode to Dreamers	Panaginip Pictures CEO	0
13	2017	BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI		0
14	2018	A Man Who Became Cinema		0
15	2023	Lucid	Himself	0
16	2025	Bulakna		0

Kidlat Tahimik

Film

Television