Kidlat Tahimik

Known for

Directing

Born

Oct 3, 1942

From

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 filmmakers and critics as the "Father of Philippine Independent Cinema".

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The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

19747.3out of 10

Perfumed Nightmare

19797.2out of 10

José Rizal

19988.8out of 10

Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement

20104.8out of 10

Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?

19797.5out of 10

A Movie Capital

19916.0out of 10

Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi

19968.0out of 10

I am Blushing

19819.0out of 10

First Light

20268.0out of 10

Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism

20110.0out of 10

Lucid

20230.0out of 10

Shaman Wars

19820.0out of 10

A Man Who Became Cinema

20180.0out of 10

Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III

20150.0out of 10

BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI

20170.0out of 10

Ode to Dreamers

20150.0out of 10

Bulakna

20250.0out of 10

Shaman Showman: The Life and Work of Roberto Villanueva

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