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Kidlat Tahimik (born "Eric de Guia", October 3, 1942 in Baguio City, Philippines) is a movie director, writer and actor whose films are commonly associated through their critiques of neocolonialism with the Third Cinema movement.

In Tagalog, de Guia's name "Kidlat Tahimik" translates to "quiet lightning".

Tahimik grew up in Baguio City, Philippines, a summer resort community established in the presence of several U.S. Military bases. This experience was a weighty influence on the themes of his films, most notably the semi-autobiographical Perfumed Nightmare (1977) and Turumba (1981). That latter of these two provides some insight into the circumstances that brought him to Europe and into the presence of filmmaker Werner Herzog, who along with director Francis Ford Coppola and his was instrumental in helping to release Perfumed Nightmare.

Filmography

Director

Mababangong bangungot (1977)
Turumba (1981)
Sinong lumikha ng yoyo? Sinong lumikha ng moon buggy? (1982)
Why is Yellow Middle of Rainbow? (1994)
Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi (1996)

Writer

Mababangong bangungot (1977)
Turumba (1981)

Producer

Mababangong bangungot (1977)
Abong: Small Home (2003)

Actor

Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle (1974)
Mababangong bangungot (1977)
Jag rodnar (1981)
Smaragd (1987)
Jose Rizal (1998)
Abong: Small Home (2003)

Awards

Berlin Film Festival
International Critics Award: Perfumed Nightmare (1977)
Mannheim Film Festival Top Cash Award: Turumba (1981)

Recent news

Tahimik's 4-story home in Benguet, Philippines burned down in February of 2005. The family was able to escape safely, but the director's film stock and collection of art and artifacts were destroyed.

Trivia

Kidlat Tahimik studied at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business and worked as a researcher for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris from 1968 to 1972.

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