Geeta Gandbhir
Directing
Born 1970-09-18
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
90 credits
Awards
Nominated for 2 Academy Awards
Academy Awards 2 nominated
- — Best Documentary (Short Subject) Nominated The Devil Is Busy
- — Best Documentary Feature Film Nominated The Perfect Neighbor
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Geeta Gandbhir (born September 18, 1970; Boston) is an American documentary filmmaker known for her work as a director, producer, and editor. She has won multiple awards including Emmy Awards and Peabody Awards.
Gandbhir grew in the Boston area. Her father Sharad immigrated from India to the US in the 1960s to study chemical engineering and her mother Lalita joined him, with the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. Her sister Una S. Gandbhir is a superior court judge for the Third Judicial District serving Anchorage, Alaska. Her brother Ashwin Gandbhir is also a filmmaker and editor.
Gandbhir attended Harvard University to study visual art with a focus on animation. At the school, she was introduced to Spike Lee, who was teaching there, and an editor for Lee, Sam Pollard.
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Filmography
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Directing
17 credits
The Perfect Neighbor
Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
Why We Hate
Rapture
Black and Missing
Women, War & Peace II
Born in Synanon
The Devil Is Busy
A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers
Through Our Eyes
We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss
Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr.
I Am Evidence
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
How We Get Free
The Conversation
Acting
26 credits
The Daily Show
American Masters
Point of View
Malcolm X
O.J.: Made in America
Short Cuts
Bamboozled
Clockers
Summer of Sam
Surviving the Game
Girl 6
O.J.: Made in America
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
Risky Drinking
And She Could Be Next
Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS
I Am Evidence
American Promise
The Feeling of Being Watched
Joy Street
The Conversation
Gasland Part II
See You Soon Again
Kisses on a Train
Producing
16 credits
Harlem Ice
The Perfect Neighbor
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
Asian Americans
#WhileBlack
Black and Missing
Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within
Born in Synanon
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama
A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story
A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers
Family Tree
The Conversation
Freshman. Again.
Other credits
12 credits
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Miracle's Boys
My Neighbourhood
Ride with Funkmaster Flex
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
Daughters of Destiny
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama
African American Lives
Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr.
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Music by Prudence
Writing
3 credits
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