# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kidlat-tahimik
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:27:44.358Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kidlat-tahimik"
name: "Kidlat Tahimik"
slug: "kidlat-tahimik"
description: "Eric Oteyza de Guia, better known as Kidlat Tahimik, is a film director, writer and actor whose films are commonly associated with the Third Cinema movement through their critiques of neocolonialism. For his contributions to the development of Philippine independent cinema, he was recognized in 2018 as a National Artist of the Philippines for Film - a conferment which represents the Philippine state's highest recognition for artists."
tagline: "Filipino film director and actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kidlat_tahimik.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1942-10-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.45
  momentum:             10
  historical:           7.131112
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0846684/"
    handle:    "nm0846684"
sources:
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidlat_Tahimik"
    title: "Kidlat Tahimik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "كيدلات تاهيميك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidlat_Tahimik"
    title: "Kidlat Tahimik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidlat_Tahimik"
    title: "Kidlat Tahimik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidlat_Tahimik"
    title: "Kidlat Tahimik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%92%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF"
    title: "キドラット・タヒミック"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidlat_Tahimik"
    title: "Kidlat Tahimik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6404765"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/931225"
    title: "Kidlat Tahimik"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump