
Kidlat Tahimik
Born: 1942-10-03
Place of birth: 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".
Filmography

José Rizal
1998

I am Blushing
1981

Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
1996

Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?
1979

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974

Perfumed Nightmare
1979

Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
1994

Turumba
1981

Some More Rice
2005

A Movie Capital
1991

Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
2010

First Light
2026

Cinemartyrs
2025

Bulakna
2025

Lucid
2023

Kabunyan's Journey to Liwanag
2020

Journey
2019

A Man Who Became Cinema
2018