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".

KNOWN FOR

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
1974
Shaman Wars
1982
Perfumed Nightmare
1979
Lucid
2023
Turumba
1981
Bulakna
2025
Cinemartyrs
2025
José Rizal
1998
Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?
1979
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
1996
Shaman Showman: The Life and Work of Roberto Villanueva
A Movie Capital
1991

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
19
Directing
20
Writing
18
Producing
1
Camera
3
Editing
3
Art
1
Crew
3
2026
First Light
as Diwa
2025
Bulakna
2025
Cinemartyrs
as Tatay Kidlat
2023
Lucid
as Himself
2018
A Man Who Became Cinema
2017
BalikBayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux VI
2015
Balikbayan #1: Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III
2015
Ode to Dreamers
as Panaginip Pictures CEO
2011
Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism
2010
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
as Himself
1998
José Rizal
as La Liga Filipina Guest
1996
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi
as Himself
1991
A Movie Capital
as Self
1982
Shaman Wars
as Shaman
1981
I am Blushing
as Kidlat, the driver
1979
Perfumed Nightmare
as Kidlat
1979
Who Invented The Yoyo? Who Invented The Moon Buggy?
as Kidlat
1974
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
as Hombrecito, the Indian
Shaman Showman: The Life and Work of Roberto Villanueva