showed him the film Los Olvidados by Luis Bunuel saying it might change his life. It did so. Understanding it had less to do with entertainment, but with right outreach effort, it revealed an artistic path to him, an experience he had never had before. Missionizing the film to the street gangs he worked among, cinema appeared to be like a church with tremendous impact on those who see it. He claims it was an epiphany to realize the psychological power of a moving image, the motion picture, and thus launched his world-famous career. Today, Reggio is widely known throughout the world for his wordless filmography, especially the pre- eminent 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. These three films portray an apocalyptic vision of the collision between urban life and the global environment. They reveal a humanist philosophy about our planet, the encroachment of technology on nature, ancient cultures, and the splendor that disappears as a result. They chronicle the impact of the modernizing world on our physical and psychological environment. His short film feature titled Evidence was a penetrating display of the effect of cinema on the minds of children, and his moving documentary Anima Mundi, funded by the World Wildlife Fund, revealed how much we share the planet with other creatures, a montage of intimate images of over seventy animal species that celebrates the magnificence and variety of the world's fauna. His film Visitors, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, provided a unique glimpse of how space aliens might perceive human beings, consisting for the most part of extended slow-motion closeups of people's faces, looking directly into the camera. Reggio’s latest film, Once Within A Time , was produced by Steven Soderbergh & Alexander Rodnyansky and had its world premiere at Santa Fe International Film Festival (SFiFF) in October 2022. Remarkably unlike so many others in the film industry, Reggio has never personally made any money, or received any royalties or payments from his cinematography. All of the musical and orchestral soundtracks augmenting and embracing Reggio’s wordless films were created in mutual trust with his lifelong friend and collaborator, the great and eminent composer Philip Glass. In 2014, Reggio was recognized by the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City with a full career retrospective