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Kidlat Tahimik
Actor

Kidlat Tahimik

Known for Directing
Born 1942-10-03 in Baguio City, Benguet, Philippines
Age 83
Mostly Drama
1Films in catalog
19Credits
1974 to 2026Years active
6Trailers on Reactr
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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First Light
2026 · Trailer
as Diwa
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Cinemartyrs poster
Cinemartyrs
2025
as Tatay Kidlat
Bulakna poster
Bulakna
2025
Lucid poster
Lucid
2023
as Himself
A Man Who Became Cinema poster
A Man Who Became Cinema
2018
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI poster
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
2017
Ode to Dreamers poster
Ode to Dreamers
2015
as Panaginip Pictures CEO
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III poster
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
2015
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism poster
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
2011
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
2010 · Trailer
as Himself
José Rizal
1998 · Trailer
as La Liga Filipina Guest
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi poster
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
1996
as Himself
A Movie Capital poster
A Movie Capital
1991
as Self
Shaman Wars poster
Shaman Wars
1982
as Shaman
I am Blushing poster
I am Blushing
1981
as Kidlat, the driver
Perfumed Nightmare
1979 · Trailer
as Kidlat
Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?
1979 · Trailer
as Kidlat
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974 · Trailer
as Hombrecito, the Indian
Shaman Showman: The Life and Work of Roberto Villanueva poster
Shaman Showman: The Life and Work of Roberto Villanueva
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