Godfrey Reggio

Directing

Godfrey Reggio

Born 1940-03-29

Godfrey Reggio (born March 29, 1940) is an American director of experimental documentary films.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Koyaanisqatsi poster
7.9

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.

Koyaanisqatsi

1983

Koyaanisqatsi poster
7.9

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.

Koyaanisqatsi

1983

Koyaanisqatsi poster
7.9

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.

Koyaanisqatsi

1983

Naqoyqatsi poster
6.2

A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.

Naqoyqatsi

2002

Naqoyqatsi poster
6.2

A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.

Naqoyqatsi

2002

Powaqqatsi poster
7.2

An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.

Powaqqatsi

1988

Powaqqatsi poster
7.2

An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.

Powaqqatsi

1988

Powaqqatsi poster
7.2

An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.

Powaqqatsi

1988

Once Within a Time poster
4.6

Once Within a Time is an anarchic comedy told without words, a sensory feast to be felt through art and music. This multidisciplinary work shows us life on Earth as humanity clashes with the five fundamental elements—earth, air, water, fire, and money— headed towards a critical moment of choice between annihilation and redemption.

Once Within a Time

2023

Once Within a Time poster
4.6

Once Within a Time is an anarchic comedy told without words, a sensory feast to be felt through art and music. This multidisciplinary work shows us life on Earth as humanity clashes with the five fundamental elements—earth, air, water, fire, and money— headed towards a critical moment of choice between annihilation and redemption.

Once Within a Time

2023

Once Within a Time poster
4.6

Once Within a Time is an anarchic comedy told without words, a sensory feast to be felt through art and music. This multidisciplinary work shows us life on Earth as humanity clashes with the five fundamental elements—earth, air, water, fire, and money— headed towards a critical moment of choice between annihilation and redemption.

Once Within a Time

2023

Visitors poster
6.4

From the director of KOYAANISQATSI, an astonishing film that documents the drama of how we both live and witness what we experience. Shot in rich black and white Godfrey Reggio's latest film finds the full spectrum of emotion in human faces, gorgeous landscapes and even the behavior of an especially expressive gorilla.

Visitors

2013

Visitors poster
6.4

From the director of KOYAANISQATSI, an astonishing film that documents the drama of how we both live and witness what we experience. Shot in rich black and white Godfrey Reggio's latest film finds the full spectrum of emotion in human faces, gorgeous landscapes and even the behavior of an especially expressive gorilla.

Visitors

2013

Visitors poster
6.4

From the director of KOYAANISQATSI, an astonishing film that documents the drama of how we both live and witness what we experience. Shot in rich black and white Godfrey Reggio's latest film finds the full spectrum of emotion in human faces, gorgeous landscapes and even the behavior of an especially expressive gorilla.

Visitors

2013

Anima Mundi poster
6.8

Image and music are intertwined in this third collaboration between director Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass. The film was produced to celebrate the World Wildlife Fund's Biological Diversity Campaign. The film combines images of nature with pulsing rhythms in a Microcosmos (1996) meets Koyaanisqatsi (1983) spectacle.

Anima Mundi

1991

Evidence poster
6.1

A haunting look at children watching television.

Evidence

1995

Fated to Be Queer poster
3.3

Four charming and articulate Filipino men illuminate some issues and concerns as gay people of color in San Francisco in this early depiction of coming out stories. These brave men share personal perspectives on family, cultural heritage and racial stereotyping.

Fated to Be Queer

1992