Person
Geeta Gandbhir
Directing · Born 1970-09-18 · 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
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
Point of View
Field Director
American Masters
Supervising Editor
Malcolm X
Apprentice Sound Editor
The Perfect Neighbor
Director
Short Cuts
Apprentice Sound Editor
O.J.: Made in America
Consulting Editor
Harlem Ice
Executive Producer
My Neighbourhood
Editor
Summer of Sam
Assistant Editor
Filmography
- 2026#WhileBlackExecutive Producer
- 2025Masaka Kids, A Rhythm WithinProducer
- 2025The Perfect NeighborDirector
- 2025Katrina: Come Hell and High WaterDirector
- 2025Freshman. Again.Writer
- 2025The Gas Station AttendantExecutive Producer
- 2025ExodusExecutive Producer
- 2025Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015Director
- 2025Harlem IceExecutive Producer
- 2024The Devil Is BusyDirector
- 2024New WaveExecutive Producer
- 2024Black TableExecutive Producer
- 2024Family TreeExecutive Producer
- 2023Born in SynanonDirector
- 2023Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry StoryExecutive Producer
- 2023How We Get FreeDirector
- 2022Lowndes County and the Road to Black PowerDirector
- 2022A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue ShootingExecutive Producer
- 2022Rise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three CitiesExecutive Producer
- 2021Black and MissingDirector
- 2021I Dream a Dream That Dreams Back at MeConsulting Producer
- 2021Through Our EyesDirector
- 2021Learning to BreatheProducer
- 2020And She Could Be NextField Director
- 2020Asian AmericansProducer
- 2020Call Center BluesDirector
- 2019Hungry to LearnDirector
- 2019Why We HateDirector
- 2019Women, War & Peace IICo-Director
- 2018The Feeling of Being WatchedConsulting Editor
- 2018RaptureDirector
- 2018The SentenceCo-Producer
- 2017Rolling Stone: Stories from the EdgeEditor
- 2017Armed with FaithDirector
- 2017Daughters of DestinyEditor
- 2017Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISISSupervising Editor
- 2017I Am EvidenceDirector
- 2017Love the SinnerDirector
- 2017The Talk: Race in AmericaProducer
- 2017Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie ReynoldsConsulting Editor
- 2016Risky DrinkingEditorial Manager
- 2016O.J.: Made in AmericaConsulting Editor
- 2016O.J.: Made in AmericaConsulting Editor
- 2016Prison DogsDirector
- 2015A Conversation with Black Women on RaceProducer
- 2015A Conversation With Police on RaceDirector
- 2015A Conversation with My Black SonDirector
- 2015A Conversation With Latinos on RaceProducer
- 2015A Conversation With Asian-Americans on RaceDirector
- 2015A Journey of a Thousand Miles: PeacekeepersDirector
- 2015A Conversation with White People on RaceProducer
- 2015The ConversationSelf
- 2015A Conversation About Growing Up BlackProducer
- 2014We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to MissDirector
- 2014Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr.Director
- 2014Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James BrownSupervising Film Editor
- 2013American PromiseAdditional Editor
- 2013Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms MableyProducer
- 2013Gasland Part IIAdditional Editor
- 2013Which Way Is The Front Line From Here? The Life and Time of Tim HetheringtonEditor
- 2012See You Soon AgainStory Consultant
- 2012God Is the Bigger ElvisEditor
- 2012My NeighbourhoodEditor
- 2011The Education of Dee Dee RicksEditor
- 2011The CarrierEditor
- 2010BudrusEditor
- 2010If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't RiseEditor
- 2010Pushing the ElephantProducer
- 2010Music by PrudenceEditor
- 2009By the People: The Election of Barack ObamaEditor
- 2008All of UsEditor
- 2007Oprah's Roots: An African American Lives SpecialEditor
- 2006When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four ActsEditor
- 2006African American LivesEditor
- 2005Miracle's BoysEditor
- 2003Ride with Funkmaster FlexEditor
- 2001Take It From MeEditor
- 2000BamboozledFirst Assistant Editor
- 1999Summer of SamAssistant Editor
- 1996The Daily ShowSelf - Guest
- 1996Girl 6First Assistant Editor
- 1995ClockersAssistant Editor
- 1995Joy StreetPainter
- 1994Surviving the GameAssistant Editor
- 1993Short CutsApprentice Sound Editor
- 1993Kisses on a TrainAssistant Editor
- 1992Malcolm XApprentice Sound Editor
- 1988Point of ViewField Director
- 1986American MastersSupervising Editor
- —The PenExecutive Producer
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