Kidlat Tahimik
Directing 1942-10-03 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 filmma…
Known For
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The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974
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Perfumed Nightmare
1979
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⭐ 9.0
José Rizal
1998
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⭐ 9.0
I am Blushing
1981
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⭐ 6.0
A Movie Capital
1991
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Bulakna
2025
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First Light
2026
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Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?
1979
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Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
2015
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⭐ 4.8
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
2010
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Ode to Dreamers
2015
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Lucid
2023
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Cinemartyrs
2025
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BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
2017
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A Man Who Became Cinema
2018
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Shaman Showman: The Life and Work of Roberto Villanueva
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⭐ 8.0
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
1996
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Shaman Wars
1982
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Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
2011