Godfrey Reggio was born on March 29, 1940 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. At the age of 14, the boy became a member of the Catholic Order of Christian Brothers and spent the following years in fasting, silence and prayer.
In the early 1960s, he began teaching at one of Louisiana's primary schools and then at college.
In 1963, Godfrey co-founded the then popular Young Citizens for Action movement, with the goal of fighting juvenile delinquency. A little later, the future director founded a medical
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Godfrey Reggio was born on March 29, 1940 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. At the age of 14, the boy became a member of the Catholic Order of Christian Brothers and spent the following years in fasting, silence and prayer.
In the early 1960s, he began teaching at one of Louisiana's primary schools and then at college.
In 1963, Godfrey co-founded the then popular Young Citizens for Action movement, with the goal of fighting juvenile delinquency. A little later, the future director founded a medical organization called La Clinica de la Gente, which subsequently served about 12,000 residents of the city of Santa Fe.
In 1972 he founded the Institute of Regional Education, which was not a commercial organization and dealt with social and humanitarian problems.
In 1975, with the support of the Freedom Union, the United States initiated a public campaign against behavior control and invasion of privacy.
On the screen Godfrey Reggio debuted in 1983 film
Koyaniskazzi which he made in a documentary manner. The director worked on the film for seven years, it reflects his apocalyptic view of the collision of primeval nature and civilization. The music for the film was written by composer Philip Glass. The picture was the beginning of a trilogy, published under the name “Kazzi”.
In 1988, the second part of the trilogy, Povakatsi, was published, where the theme of urban civilization continued.
In 1992, a film appeared.
Soul of the World" It was commissioned by a jewelry company for the Wildlife Support Fund.
Since 1993, Godfrey became the head of the school, which was engaged in the study of technology and production in the field of art.
In 2002, the director shot the last part of the trilogy, called
Nakoikatsi The film reflects Reggio’s global view of the modern world.