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Kidlat Tahimik
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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".
BODY OF WORK
Kidlat Tahimik's Filmography
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First Light
as Diwa
Cinemartyrs
as Tatay Kidlat
Bulakna
Tata Cuts Down the Timescape
as Self
No Poster
Tata Picks Up the Landscape
as Self
Lucid
as Himself
A Man Who Became Cinema
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
Ode to Dreamers
as Panaginip Pictures CEO
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
as Himself
José Rizal
as La Liga Filipina Guest
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
as Himself
A Movie Capital
as Self
Shaman Wars
as Shaman
I am Blushing
as Kidlat, the driver
Perfumed Nightmare
as Kidlat
Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?
as Kidlat
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
as Hombrecito, the Indian
