Geeta Gandbhir
Directing
Born September 18, 1970 · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Also known as Гита Гандбир
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.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Documentary Feature Film · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Documentary (Short Subject) · nominated
Filmography45 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
American Masters
Gasland Part II
Masaka Kids: A Rhythm Within
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS
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.
Daughters of Destiny
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
Budrus
Summer of Sam
Joy Street
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise
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
Family Tree