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.
You can now watch Koyaanisqatsi online on the following streaming providers in the United States.
| Directing | Godfrey Reggio | Director |
| Sound | Philip Glass | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Godfrey Reggio | Producer |
| Camera | Ron Fricke | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Ron Fricke | Screenplay |
| Production | Francis Ford Coppola | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Ron Fricke | Editor |
| Writing | Godfrey Reggio | Screenplay |
| Writing | Michael Hoenig | Screenplay |
| Writing | Alton Walpole | Screenplay |
| Sound | Randy Thom | Sound Effects |
| Editing | Alton Walpole | Editor |
| Sound | Philip Glass | Music |
| Editing | Gary Burritt | Negative Cutter |
| Sound | Steve Maslow | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Writing | Jacques Ellul | Idea |
| Writing | Ivan Illich | Idea |
| Writing | David Monongye | Idea |
| Writing | Guy Debord | Idea |
| Writing | Leopold Kohr | Idea |
| Production | Mel Lawrence | Associate Producer |
| Production | Roger McNew | Associate Producer |
| Production | T. Michael Powers | Associate Producer |
| Production | Lawrence Taub | Associate Producer |
| Production | Alton Walpole | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Dean Alatzas | Grip |
| Camera | Neil Bockman | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | David Brownlow | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Phillip Harrington | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Hillary Harris | Additional Photography |
| Camera | Roy Hememnez | Grip |
| Camera | Robert Hill | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Karl Kernberger | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Wayne V. McGee | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Roger McNew | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Mark Muich | Grip |
| Camera | Robert Palmer | Grip |
| Camera | Louie Schwartzberg | Additional Photography |
| Camera | Christine Gibson | Additional Photography |
