Biography
Geeta Gandbhir is an American filmmaker known for her work as a director, producer, and editor. Focusing her works on documentary and television series, she has won multiple awards including five Emmy Awards and a Peabody Awards. In 2025 she directed and produced The Perfect Neighbor, focusing on the killing of Ajike Owens, which earned her Academy Awards and British Academy Film Awards nominations.
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Documentary (Short Subject) · nominated
Filmography48 titles
Asian Americans
O.J.: Made in America
Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story
Malcolm X
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
Gasland Part II
Masaka Kids: A Rhythm Within
We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss
American Masters
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS
Daughters of Destiny
Risky Drinking
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
Which Way Is The Front Line From Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington
P.O.V.
The Perfect Neighbor
The Sentence
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama
The Devil Is Busy
Why We Hate
American Promise
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Clockers
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise
Budrus
Summer of Sam
Joy Street
A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
I Am Evidence
The Daily Show
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
Bamboozled
Surviving the Game
Born in Synanon
Rapture
The Carrier
Black and Missing
How We Get Free
Harlem Ice
Prison Dogs
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
And She Could Be Next
The Gas Station Attendant
New Wave
Family Tree