Geeta Gandbhir | |
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.jpg) Gandbhir at the 70thPeabody Awards in 2011 | |
| Born | Greta Gandbhir[citation needed] |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (BA) |
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| Years active | 2006–present |
| Children | 2 |
Geeta Gandbhir is an Americanfilmmaker known for her work as a director, producer, and editor.[1] She has won multiple awards includingEmmy Awards andPeabody Awards.
Gandbhir grew up in the Boston area. Her father Sharad immigrated from India to the US in the 1960s to studychemical engineering and her mother Lalita joined him, with the passage of theImmigration and Nationality Act of 1965. Her sister Una S. Gandbhir is a superior court judge for the Third Judicial District serving Anchorage, Alaska.[2] Her brother Ashwin Gandbhir is also a filmmaker and editor.
Gandbhir attendedHarvard University to study visual art with a focus on animation. At the school, she was introduced toSpike Lee, who was teaching there, and an editor for Lee,Sam Pollard.
She started her career in narrative film working for Spike Lee and Sam Pollard, and then branched into documentary film. Her films includeHungry to Learn andI Am Evidence.[3]
She was the editor of the Spike Lee-produced HBO documentary filmIf God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise about life afterHurricane Katrina, which won the2010 Peabody Award.[4]
Gandbhir was a part of the filmmaking team of the PBS film seriesAsian Americans which won a2020 Peabody Award.[5] She was a field director forAnd She Could Be Next, directed byGrace Lee and Marjan Safinia.
Her short film from the HBO seriesThrough Our Eyes: Apart won a2022 Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Documentary.[6]
In 2023, Gandbhir directed and executive producedBorn in Synanon, a documentary series forParamount+ revolving aroundSynanon.[7]
In 2025, Gandbhir directed and producedThe Perfect Neighbor focusing on theKilling of Ajike Owens.[8] It had its world premiere at the2025 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2025.[9] That same year, she directed and executive producedKatrina: Come Hell and High Water alongsideSpike Lee and Samantha Knowles for Netflix.[10]
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