Directed credits
18
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Kidlat Tahimik
Directing
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Directed movies: 18Directed series: 0All crew credits: 20
TMDB ID: 931225
IMDb ID: nm0846684
Known for: Directing
Born: October 3, 1942
Age: 83
Place of birth: Baguio City, Benguet, Philippines
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1974 - 2026
Years active: 53
Average TMDB rating: 7.32
Wikidata: Q6404765
Frequent jobs
Director (18)Writer (2)
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".
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Kidlat Tahimik.
Director
Kabunyan's Journey to Liwanag
2020 • Movie
Director
Journey
2019 • Movie
Director
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
2017 • Movie
Director
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
2015 • Movie
Director
Roofs of the World! Unite!
2006 • Movie
Director
Video-Palaro: The Video Diaries of Kidlat Tahimik
2006 • Movie
Director
Our Film-Grimage to Guimaras
2005 • Movie
Director
Some More Rice
2005 • Movie
Director
Holy Wood
2003 • Movie
Director
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
1996 • Movie
Director
Celebrating the Year 2021, Today
1995 • Movie
Director
Our Bomb Mission in Hiroshima
1995 • Movie
Director
Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons
1992 • Movie
Director
Takedera mon amour: Diary of a Bamboo Connection
1991 • Movie
Director
Memories of Overdevelopment
1984 • Movie
Director
Turumba
1981 • Movie
Director
Yan Ki Made in Hongkong
1980 • Movie
Director
Perfumed Nightmare
1979 • Movie
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Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Kidlat Tahimik.
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Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Kidlat Tahimik.
as Self
A Movie Capital
1991 • Movie
Director
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
1996 • Movie
as La Liga Filipina Guest
José Rizal
1998 • Movie
Director
Turumba
1981 • Movie
Director
Perfumed Nightmare
1979 • Movie
Bulakna
2025 • Movie
Writer
Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?
1979 • Movie
as Hombrecito, the Indian
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974 • Movie
as Shaman
Shaman Wars
1982 • Movie
Writer
Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
1994 • Movie
as Diwa
First Light
2026 • Movie
Director
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
2017 • Movie
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Kidlat Tahimik.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Kidlat Tahimik.
as Diwa
First Light
2026 • Movie
as Tatay Kidlat
Cinemartyrs
2025 • Movie
Bulakna
2025 • Movie
as Himself
Lucid
2023 • Movie
A Man Who Became Cinema
2018 • Movie
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
2017 • Movie
as Panaginip Pictures CEO
Ode to Dreamers
2015 • Movie
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
2015 • Movie
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
2011 • Movie
as Himself
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
2010 • Movie
as La Liga Filipina Guest
José Rizal
1998 • Movie
as Himself
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
1996 • Movie