Geeta Gandbhir
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 18, 1970 (age 56)
- Birthplace
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Perfect Neighbor
Movie · Director
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
TV · Director · 1 ep
Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015
TV · Director · 1 ep
The Devil Is Busy
Movie · Director
How We Get Free
Movie · Director
Born in Synanon
TV · Director · 4 eps
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
Movie · Director
Through Our Eyes
TV · Director · 1 ep
Black and Missing
TV · Director · 4 eps
Call Center Blues
Movie · Director
Hungry to Learn
Movie · Director
Women, War & Peace II
TV · Co-Director · 1 ep
Why We Hate
TV · Director · 6 eps
Rapture
TV · Director · 1 ep
I Am Evidence
Movie · Director
Armed with Faith
Movie · Director
Love the Sinner
Movie · Director
Prison Dogs
Movie · Director
A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers
Movie · Director
A Conversation With Police on Race
Movie · Director
A Conversation With Asian-Americans on Race
Movie · Director
The Conversation
Movie · Director
Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr.
Movie · Director
We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss
Movie · Director
POV
TV · Field Director · 2 eps