Kidlat Tahimik
Kidlat Tahimik (born October 3, 1942 in Baguio City , Benguet Province , Commonwealth of the Philippines ) is a Filipino film director , screenwriter and actor .
Life
Kidlat Tahimik ( tagalog for silent flash ) is the stage name of Eric de Guia , whose films of the third cinema movement are counted for his criticism of neo-colonialism . Baguio City was known as a summer residence in his youth and life there was shaped by some US military bases .
Tahimik studied from 1968 to 1972 at the University of the Philippines , where he became a member of the student council and a member of the student association Upsilon Sigma Phi . He then went to the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania . There he graduated with a Master of Business Administration . From 1968 to 1972 he worked in Paris for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
In Europe, Tahimik met the German filmmaker Werner Herzog , who, together with Francis Ford Coppola and his New York studio Zoetrope in Manhattan, ensured that his first film Mababangon bangungot (Perfumed Nightmare) from 1977 became known to the public has been.
Tahimik's last film Balikbayan # 1 Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III was shown at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival and was awarded the Caligari Film Prize.
The film director is married to the German artist and author Katrin de Guia and lives with her and their children in his hometown.
Prizes and awards
- 1977: Berlin International Film Festival 1977 : FIPRESCI Prize (Forum) for Perfumed Nightmare
- 1981: Internationales Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg : Top Cash Award for Turumba
- 2012: Winner of the Art and Culture Prize of the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize
- 2015: Caligari Film Award at the Berlin International Film Festival 2015
- 2018: Prince Claus Prize
Filmography
- 1977: Mababangong bangungot : Director, screenplay and producer.
- 1978/1982: Who invented the Yo-yo? Who invented the Moon Buggy?
- 1981: Turumba ; Director, screenplay and producer.
- 1992: Orbit 50. Letters to My 3 Sons ; Director.
- 1996: Japanese Summers of a Filipino Fundoshi ; Director.
- 1998: José Rizal ; Actor.
- 2003: Abong: Small Home ; Producer.
- 2006: Our Film - Grimage to Guimaras ; Director.
- 2006: BUBONG! (Roofs of the World! UNITE!) . Director.
- 1980-2010: Memories of Overdevelopment 1980-2010 ; Director.
- 2015: Balikbayan # 1 Memories of Overdevelopment Redux III , director and actor.
Web links
- Retrospective 2016 (de.)
- Internet Movie Database (en.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Handarbeit am Mythos in FAZ of March 12, 2016, page 12
- ↑ Kidlat Tahimik Philippines , princeclausfund.org, accessed June 3, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tahimik, Kidlat |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Guia, Eric de (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Filipino film director, screenwriter and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 3, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baguio City , Benguet Province , Commonwealth of the Philippines |