Kidlat Tahimik
Directing Born: 1942-10-03 Age: 83 Baguio City, Benguet, Philippines
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".
Movies
Cinemartyrs
First Light
I am Blushing
Perfumed Nightmare
A Movie Capital
Bulakna
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Ode to Dreamers
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
José Rizal
Shaman Wars
Lucid
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
A Man Who Became Cinema
Shaman Showman: The Life and Work of Roberto Villanueva
Sinong Lumikha ng Yoyo? Sinong Lumikha ng Moon Buggy?
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi