Background
Reggio was born in New Orleans, Louisiana to an old and distinguished Louisiana family descended from Francesco M. de Reggio, an Italian nobleman who first settled in France and then in French Louisiana around 1750.
Reggio was born in New Orleans, Louisiana to an old and distinguished Louisiana family descended from Francesco M. de Reggio, an Italian nobleman who first settled in France and then in French Louisiana around 1750.
Reggio co-founded Louisiana Clinica de la Gente, a facility that provided medical care to 12,000 community members in Santa Fe, and Louisiana Gente, a community-organizing project in Northern New Mexico"s barrios. In 1963 he co-founded Young Citizens for Action, a community organization project that aided juveniles among the street gangs in Santa Fe. In 1972, he co-founded the Institute for Regional Education in Santa Fe, a non-profit foundation focused on media development, the arts, community organization, and research.
Reggio has been involved in many progressive political causes in the United States, including work for the American Civil Liberties Union, co-organizing a multi-media public interest campaign on the invasion of privacy and the use of technology to control behavior.
Reggio resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico and is currently focusing on a narrative-based film exploring the negative impacts of consumerism and fundamentalism on the world. Godfrey Reggio participated in the Stock Exchange of Visions project in 2006.
Reggio is most known for his Qatsi trilogy, which includes the films Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi, and Naqoyqatsi. Also, he has directed a documentary Anima Mundi.
This film was funded by the World Wide Fund for Nature to promote their Diversity Program.
Reggio"s most recent film is Visitors, which premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. Philip Glass returns as the film"s composer, and Jon Kane as the Visual Designer (having also worked on Naqoyqatsi with Reggio in 2002). In 2014 Reggio was recognized by the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City with a full career retrospective entitled with Technology: The Cinema of Godfrey Reggio.
Member Christian Brothers, 1954-1968. Founder Institute for Regional Education, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1972.