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Kidlat de Guia
Shaman, convenor, chairperson, gallery owner, president, speaker, model, father... So many titles for the ingenious Kidlat Tahimik.
Professional Information
Eric de Guia, or more commonly known as Kidlat Tahimik (which in English means “silent lightning”), was born on the 3rd of October, 1942 in Baguio. He changed his name to Kidlat. With his wife’s name starting with K (Katherine), he gave all their children names starting with K – Kidlat (after his screen name), Kawayan, and Kabunyan. He, his wife, and his three children are all into arts – Katherine is a writer, Kidlat is a television and film director, and Kawayan and Kabunyan are also painters. He met his wife, Katherine, while filming his acclaimed documentary “Mababangong Bangungot” (Perfumed Nightmares). His mother, Virginia de Guia, is a former post-war mayor of Baguio and a crusader today for issues that are not always popular.His four-story home in Benguet, Philippines burned down in February of 2004. The family was able to escape safely, but the director’s film stock and collection of art and artifacts were destroyed.
He is also considered a shaman, or a person having access to, and influence in, the world of spirits.
Work experience
He fathered the modern KKK. In the Philippines, KKK symbolizes patriotism (from Kataas-taasang, Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan, formed by Andres Bonifacio and company to revolt against the Spaniards during the Spanish regime).
Head of the Modern KKK
Director, Writer, Actor
He is a movie director, writer, and actor whose films are commonly associated through their critiques of neocolonialism with the Third Cinema movement. He has garnered various accolades locally and internationally, including a Plaridel honorarium for independent Cinema; and, he is also a guest lecturer at numerous film forums, universities, and art happenings in Japan, United States, and Germany since 1978 up to the present day.
He is an artist sector representative in the John Hay Advisory Council, which helped make an orderly turnover of Camp John Hay in Baguio City, Philippines to private contractors for its reestablishment as a tourism center.
Artist Sector Representative
2010 - present
2010 - present