Godfrey Reggio
Godfrey Reggio
Godfrey Reggio was born on March 29, 1940 in New Orleans. It was in the southwest of Louisiana where Reggio was raised until he was about fourteen years of age. Once he turned fourteen, he joined a Roman Catholic pontifical order known as the Christian brothers. For fourteen years from that point, he spent his childhood training to be a monk. That meant, that he dedicated fourteen years of his life to prayer and peace. He had to fast, pray, and be silent for the majority of his childhood. Eventually, Reggio abandoned his path to becoming a monk. Even though Reggio had abandoned his path to becoming a monk, the values and wisdom he acquired never left him.
In the sixties, Reggio went on to teach grade school, secondary school, and college in New Mexico. Reggio's service to the community did not stop at teaching. In 1963, he co-founded Young Citizens for Action, which aided juvenile street gangs. In addition to the Young Citizens for Action, Reggio co-founded La Clinica de la Gente, which provided medical care to over 12,000 people in the community, and the Institute for Regional Education in Santa Fe, a foundation that focused on media development, the arts, community organization, and research. His desire to help children and as well, the community, were transparent throughout his life.
In 1983, Godfrey Reggio made his debut into the film world by directing and producing his first film, Koyaanisqatsi, which was the first film of his Qatsi trilogy. The three films of the Qatsi trilogy are, Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi, and Nagoyqatsi. Following the second film, Powaqqatsi, Reggio directed a short film called Anima Mundi in 1992. Reggio helped develop a new school of exploration and production in the arts, technology, and mass media in 1993. The school was called Abrica-Future, Presente, and opened in May 1995. For the rest of year of 1995, Reggio served as the director of the school. Reggio finished the Qatsi...
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