Kidlat Tahimik (b. 1942)

Birthplace:
Baguio City, Benguet, Philippines

Born:
October 3, 1942

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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Cinematography:
1979  Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?

Director:
1979  Perfumed Nightmare
1979  Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?
1980  Yan Ki Made in Hongkong
1981  Turumba
1984  Memories of Overdevelopment
1991  Takedera mon amour: Diary of a Bamboo Connection
1992  Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons
1994  Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
1995  Celebrating the Year 2021, Today
1995  Our Bomb Mission in Hiroshima
1996  Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
2003  Holy Wood
2005  Our Film-Grimage to Guimaras
2005  Some More Rice
2006  Roofs of the World! Unite!
2006  Video-Palaro: The Video Diaries of Kidlat Tahimik
2015  Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
2017  BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
2019  Journey
2020  Kabunyan's Journey to Liwanag

Director of Photography:
1979  Perfumed Nightmare
1979  Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?
1980  Yan Ki Made in Hongkong
1981  Turumba
1984  Memories of Overdevelopment
1991  Takedera mon amour: Diary of a Bamboo Connection
1992  Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons
1994  Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
1995  Celebrating the Year 2021, Today
1995  Our Bomb Mission in Hiroshima
1996  Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
2003  Holy Wood
2005  Our Film-Grimage to Guimaras
2005  Some More Rice
2006  Roofs of the World! Unite!
2006  Video-Palaro: The Video Diaries of Kidlat Tahimik
2015  Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
2017  BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
2019  Journey
2020  Kabunyan's Journey to Liwanag

Editor:
1979  Perfumed Nightmare
1979  Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?
1980  Yan Ki Made in Hongkong
1981  Turumba
1984  Memories of Overdevelopment
1991  Takedera mon amour: Diary of a Bamboo Connection
1992  Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons
1994  Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
1995  Celebrating the Year 2021, Today
1995  Our Bomb Mission in Hiroshima
1996  Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
2003  Holy Wood
2005  Our Film-Grimage to Guimaras
2005  Some More Rice
2006  Roofs of the World! Unite!
2006  Video-Palaro: The Video Diaries of Kidlat Tahimik
2015  Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
2017  BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
2019  Journey
2020  Kabunyan's Journey to Liwanag

Producer:
1979  Perfumed Nightmare
1979  Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?
1980  Yan Ki Made in Hongkong
1981  Turumba
1984  Memories of Overdevelopment
1991  Takedera mon amour: Diary of a Bamboo Connection
1992  Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons
1994  Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
1995  Celebrating the Year 2021, Today
1995  Our Bomb Mission in Hiroshima
1996  Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
2003  Holy Wood
2005  Our Film-Grimage to Guimaras
2005  Some More Rice
2006  Roofs of the World! Unite!
2006  Video-Palaro: The Video Diaries of Kidlat Tahimik
2015  Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
2017  BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
2019  Journey
2020  Kabunyan's Journey to Liwanag

Production Design:
1979  Perfumed Nightmare
1979  Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?
1980  Yan Ki Made in Hongkong
1981  Turumba
1984  Memories of Overdevelopment
1991  Takedera mon amour: Diary of a Bamboo Connection
1992  Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons
1994  Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
1995  Celebrating the Year 2021, Today
1995  Our Bomb Mission in Hiroshima
1996  Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
2003  Holy Wood
2005  Our Film-Grimage to Guimaras
2005  Some More Rice
2006  Roofs of the World! Unite!
2006  Video-Palaro: The Video Diaries of Kidlat Tahimik
2015  Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
2017  BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
2019  Journey
2020  Kabunyan's Journey to Liwanag

Writer:
1979  Perfumed Nightmare
1979  Who Invented the Yoyo? Who Invented the Moon Buggy?
1980  Yan Ki Made in Hongkong
1981  Turumba
1984  Memories of Overdevelopment
1991  Takedera mon amour: Diary of a Bamboo Connection
1992  Orbit 50: Letters to My 3 Sons
1994  Why Is Yellow the Middle of the Rainbow?
1995  Celebrating the Year 2021, Today
1995  Our Bomb Mission in Hiroshima
1996  Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
2003  Holy Wood
2005  Our Film-Grimage to Guimaras
2005  Some More Rice
2006  Roofs of the World! Unite!
2006  Video-Palaro: The Video Diaries of Kidlat Tahimik
2015  Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
2017  BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
2019  Journey
2020  Kabunyan's Journey to Liwanag

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