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Reggio was born in [[New Orleans]] in 1940 to a [[Catholic]] family. He left home at age 14 to join the Catholic Christian Brotherhood. He became a monk, and spent 14 years in silence and prayer during his training.<ref name="Guard" /><ref name="GAL" /> |
Reggio was born in [[New Orleans]] in 1940 to a [[Catholic]] family. He left home at age 14 to join the Catholic Christian Brotherhood. He became a monk, and spent 14 years in silence and prayer during his training.<ref name="Guard" /><ref name="GAL" /> |
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During the 1950s and 60s, Reggio worked as a social activist with Chicano street gangs with the Brotherhood in New Mexico. One of the brothers introduced him to the film ''[[Los Olvidados]]'' by the Spanish-French-Mexican surrealist filmmaker [[Luis Buñuel|Luis Bunuel]] which influenced him greatly.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Steve Marsh |title=Life Out of Balance // An interview with Godfrey Reggio |url=https://thegreatnorthernfestival.com/tgn-blog/life-out-of-balance |website=The Great Northern |publisher=Minnesota Public Radio News |access-date= |
During the 1950s and 60s, Reggio worked as a social activist with Chicano street gangs with the Brotherhood in New Mexico. One of the brothers introduced him to the film ''[[Los Olvidados]]'' by the Spanish-French-Mexican surrealist filmmaker [[Luis Buñuel|Luis Bunuel]] which influenced him greatly.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Steve Marsh |title=Life Out of Balance // An interview with Godfrey Reggio |url=https://thegreatnorthernfestival.com/tgn-blog/life-out-of-balance |website=The Great Northern |publisher=Minnesota Public Radio News |access-date=August 4, 2024 }}</ref> He also acknowledges [[Artavazd Peleshyan]], a documentary-poet, who was a mentor and friend.<ref name="Guard">{{cite news |last1=Patterson |first1=John |title=Godfrey Reggio: 'My Che Guevara was Pope John XXIII' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/mar/27/godfrey-regio-visitors-filmmaker-koyaanisqatsi |access-date=September 23, 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=March 27, 2014}}</ref> |
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==Early work== |
==Early work== |
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Reggio is widely known for his wordless filmography, especially the trilogy of ''[[Koyaanisqatsi]]'': “''Life Out of Balance”; [[Powaqqatsi]]:'' “''Life in Transformation''”; and ''[[Naqoyqatsi]]:'' “''Life as War”''. The film titles are taken from the [[Hopi language]]. His short film ''[[Evidence]]'' explores the effect of cinema on the minds of children, and his documentary ''[[Anima Mundi (film)|Anima Mundi]]'' is a montage of images of over seventy animal species. His film ''[[Visitors (2013 film)|Visitors]]'', which premiered at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]], consists for the most part of extended slow-motion closeups of people's faces, looking directly into the camera.<ref name="Guard" /> |
Reggio is widely known for his wordless filmography, especially the trilogy of ''[[Koyaanisqatsi]]'': “''Life Out of Balance”; [[Powaqqatsi]]:'' “''Life in Transformation''”; and ''[[Naqoyqatsi]]:'' “''Life as War”''. The film titles are taken from the [[Hopi language]]. His short film ''[[Evidence]]'' explores the effect of cinema on the minds of children, and his documentary ''[[Anima Mundi (film)|Anima Mundi]]'' is a montage of images of over seventy animal species. His film ''[[Visitors (2013 film)|Visitors]]'', which premiered at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]], consists for the most part of extended slow-motion closeups of people's faces, looking directly into the camera.<ref name="Guard" /> |
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Reggio’s latest film, ''Once Within a Time'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Once Within a Time |url=https://oncewithinatime.org}}</ref> was produced by [[Steven Soderbergh]] & [[Alexander Rodnyansky]] and had its world premiere at [[Santa Fe International Film Festival]] (SFiFF) in October 2022. The festival awarded him the Lifetime Achievement Award.<ref name="AJ">{{cite news |last1=Gomez |first1=Adrian |title=Godfrey Reggio to receive the SFiFF's Lifetime Achievement Award |url=https://www.abqjournal.com/archives/godfrey-reggio-to-receive-the-sfiffs-lifetime-achievement-award/article_789eb64e-e338-51be-804a-eb024827b8de.html |access-date= |
Reggio’s latest film, ''Once Within a Time'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Once Within a Time |url=https://oncewithinatime.org}}</ref> was produced by [[Steven Soderbergh]] & [[Alexander Rodnyansky]] and had its world premiere at [[Santa Fe International Film Festival]] (SFiFF) in October 2022. The festival awarded him the Lifetime Achievement Award.<ref name="AJ">{{cite news |last1=Gomez |first1=Adrian |title=Godfrey Reggio to receive the SFiFF's Lifetime Achievement Award |url=https://www.abqjournal.com/archives/godfrey-reggio-to-receive-the-sfiffs-lifetime-achievement-award/article_789eb64e-e338-51be-804a-eb024827b8de.html |access-date=September 24, 2023 |publisher=Albuquerque Journal |date=August 31, 2022}}</ref> |
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For many years, he has collaborated with the composer [[Philip Glass]] on the musical and orchestral soundtracks that augment Reggio’s wordless films. He also collaborates with Jon Kane, a fellow filmmaker.<ref name="AJ" /> |
For many years, he has collaborated with the composer [[Philip Glass]] on the musical and orchestral soundtracks that augment Reggio’s wordless films. He also collaborates with Jon Kane, a fellow filmmaker.<ref name="AJ" /> |
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In 2014, Reggio was recognized by the [[Museum of Arts and Design]] in New York City with a full career retrospective titled ''Life with Technology: The Cinema of Godfrey Reggio''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Life with Technology: The Cinema of Godfrey Reggio |url=https://madmuseum.org/series/life-technology-cinema-godfrey-reggio}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=SFiFF's Lifetime Achievement Award |date= |
In 2014, Reggio was recognized by the [[Museum of Arts and Design]] in New York City with a full career retrospective titled ''Life with Technology: The Cinema of Godfrey Reggio''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Life with Technology: The Cinema of Godfrey Reggio |url=https://madmuseum.org/series/life-technology-cinema-godfrey-reggio}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=SFiFF's Lifetime Achievement Award |date=August 31, 2022 |url=https://www.abqjournal.com/2528730/godfrey-reggio-to-receive-the-sfiffs-lifetime-achievement-award-excerp.html}}</ref> |
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The bulk of Reggio's cinematic records, manuscripts, papers, photographs, film rolls, over forty years, have been acquired by [[Harvard University|Harvard University's]] [[Houghton Library]], and the [[Harvard Film Archive]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harvard Film Archive/Godfrey-Reggio |date= |
The bulk of Reggio's cinematic records, manuscripts, papers, photographs, film rolls, over forty years, have been acquired by [[Harvard University|Harvard University's]] [[Houghton Library]], and the [[Harvard Film Archive]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harvard Film Archive/Godfrey-Reggio |date=September 21, 2019 |url=https://harvardfilmarchive.org/programs/godfrey-reggio}}</ref> |
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His work continues with the Godfrey Reggio Foundation, which his wife Marti started in 2024. <ref>{{Cite web |title=GODFREY REGGIO FOUNDATION |url=https://www.godfreyreggiofoundation.org/ |access-date= |
His work continues with the Godfrey Reggio Foundation, which his wife Marti started in 2024. <ref>{{Cite web |title=GODFREY REGGIO FOUNDATION |url=https://www.godfreyreggiofoundation.org/ |access-date=October 30, 2024 |website=GODFREY REGGIO FOUNDATION |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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=== Influences === |
=== Influences === |
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In an interview with ''Revus et Corriges,'' Reggio stated that he was particularly influenced by the work of experimental filmmakers such as [[Stan Brakhage]] and [[Maya Deren]]. Like these filmmakers, Reggio uses film as a medium for exploring the boundaries of perception and consciousness, using the camera as a tool for capturing the unseen and the intangible.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hyaumet |first=Alexis |date= |
In an interview with ''Revus et Corriges,'' Reggio stated that he was particularly influenced by the work of experimental filmmakers such as [[Stan Brakhage]] and [[Maya Deren]]. Like these filmmakers, Reggio uses film as a medium for exploring the boundaries of perception and consciousness, using the camera as a tool for capturing the unseen and the intangible.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hyaumet |first=Alexis |date=December 31, 2017 |title=Interview with Godfrey Reggio |url=https://revusetcorriges.com/2018/01/01/interview-with-godfrey-reggio/ |access-date=April 30, 2023 |website=Revus & Corrigés |language=fr-FR}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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Since the 1960s, Reggio has lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico.<ref name="AJ" /> |
Since the 1960s, Reggio has lived in [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]].<ref name="AJ" /> |
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==Filmography== |
==Filmography== |
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| Known for | Qatsi trilogy |
Godfrey Reggio (born 1940) is an American director of experimental documentary films.
Life
[edit]Reggio was born in New Orleans in 1940 to a Catholic family. He left home at age 14 to join the Catholic Christian Brotherhood. He became a monk, and spent 14 years in silence and prayer during his training.[1][2]
During the 1950s and 60s, Reggio worked as a social activist with Chicano street gangs with the Brotherhood in New Mexico. One of the brothers introduced him to the film Los Olvidados by the Spanish-French-Mexican surrealist filmmaker Luis Bunuel which influenced him greatly.[3] He also acknowledges Artavazd Peleshyan, a documentary-poet, who was a mentor and friend.[1]
Early work
[edit]Reggio helped found the Institute for Regional Education in Santa Fe, New Mexico,[4] a non-profit foundation. He became a founder of La Clinica de la Gente[5] a facility providing medical care and service to 12,000 community members in northern New Mexico's barrios,[6][7][1] as well as founding the Young Citizens for Action, a project aiding juveniles in the street gangs of Santa Fe.[2]
Reggio worked with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico in 1972, to develop a media campaign dealing with the loss of privacy and the rise of surveillance, as well as the militarization of police in the U.S. during the post-Vietnam War era. The media campaign was presented on television, radio, billboards and in major newspapers.[1]
Filmmaker
[edit]Reggio is widely known for his wordless filmography, especially the trilogy of Koyaanisqatsi: “Life Out of Balance”; Powaqqatsi: “Life in Transformation”; and Naqoyqatsi: “Life as War”. The film titles are taken from the Hopi language. His short film Evidence explores the effect of cinema on the minds of children, and his documentary Anima Mundi is a montage of images of over seventy animal species. His film Visitors, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, consists for the most part of extended slow-motion closeups of people's faces, looking directly into the camera.[1]
Reggio’s latest film, Once Within a Time,[8] was produced by Steven Soderbergh & Alexander Rodnyansky and had its world premiere at Santa Fe International Film Festival (SFiFF) in October 2022. The festival awarded him the Lifetime Achievement Award.[9]
For many years, he has collaborated with the composer Philip Glass on the musical and orchestral soundtracks that augment Reggio’s wordless films. He also collaborates with Jon Kane, a fellow filmmaker.[9]
In 2014, Reggio was recognized by the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City with a full career retrospective titled Life with Technology: The Cinema of Godfrey Reggio.[10][11]
The bulk of Reggio's cinematic records, manuscripts, papers, photographs, film rolls, over forty years, have been acquired by Harvard University's Houghton Library, and the Harvard Film Archive.[12]
His work continues with the Godfrey Reggio Foundation, which his wife Marti started in 2024. [13]
Influences
[edit]In an interview with Revus et Corriges, Reggio stated that he was particularly influenced by the work of experimental filmmakers such as Stan Brakhage and Maya Deren. Like these filmmakers, Reggio uses film as a medium for exploring the boundaries of perception and consciousness, using the camera as a tool for capturing the unseen and the intangible.[14]
Personal life
[edit]Since the 1960s, Reggio has lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico.[9]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Name | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
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| 1982 | Koyaanisqatsi | Yes | Yes | Yes | First film in the Qatsi trilogy |
| 1988 | Powaqqatsi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Second film in the Qatsi trilogy |
| 1989 | "Patricia's Park" | Yes | Music video for Alphaville; released on Songlines compilation | ||
| 1992 | Anima Mundi | Yes | Yes | Short film | |
| Fated to Be Queer | Yes | Short film | |||
| 1995 | Evidence | Yes | Short film | ||
| 1995 | The Many Adventures of Diecast | Yes | Short film | ||
| 2002 | Naqoyqatsi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Third film in the Qatsi trilogy |
| 2013 | Visitors | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2018 | Awaken | Executive | |||
| 2023 | Once Within a Time | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film |
See also
[edit]- The City (1939)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Patterson, John (March 27, 2014). "Godfrey Reggio: 'My Che Guevara was Pope John XXIII'". The Guardian. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
- ^ a b "Biography – Godfrey Reggio" (PDF). Global Arts Live.
- ^ Steve Marsh. "Life Out of Balance // An interview with Godfrey Reggio". The Great Northern. Minnesota Public Radio News. Retrieved August 4, 2024.
- ^ "Institute for Regional Education, Santa Fe, NM".
- ^ "La Clinica de la Gente".
- ^ "Koyaanisqatsi".
- ^ "The Bob Fitch Photography Archive. "Santa Fe, New Mexico Murals"".
- ^ "Once Within a Time".
- ^ a b c Gomez, Adrian (August 31, 2022). "Godfrey Reggio to receive the SFiFF's Lifetime Achievement Award". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
- ^ "Life with Technology: The Cinema of Godfrey Reggio".
- ^ "SFiFF's Lifetime Achievement Award". August 31, 2022.
- ^ "Harvard Film Archive/Godfrey-Reggio". September 21, 2019.
- ^ "GODFREY REGGIO FOUNDATION". GODFREY REGGIO FOUNDATION. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
- ^ Hyaumet, Alexis (December 31, 2017). "Interview with Godfrey Reggio". Revus & Corrigés (in French). Retrieved April 30, 2023.
