Geeta Gandbhir
Directing · Born 1970-09-18 · age 55 · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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.
Titles
Malcolm X
Short Cuts
Summer of Sam
Clockers
The Perfect Neighbor
O.J.: Made in America
Surviving the Game
Bamboozled
Girl 6
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
O.J.: Made in America
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
Gasland Part II
Joy Street
The Devil Is Busy
American Masters
I Am Evidence
The Sentence
Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
Which Way Is The Front Line From Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Daughters of Destiny
Point of View
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Risky Drinking
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise
Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr.
Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story
Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within
The Feeling of Being Watched
Music by Prudence
Why We Hate
Rapture
How We Get Free
Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015
American Promise
Harlem Ice
Miracle's Boys
A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
Budrus
Born in Synanon
Black and Missing
Love the Sinner
My Neighbourhood
The Carrier
Women, War & Peace II
The Education of Dee Dee Ricks
Call Center Blues
Prison Dogs
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
Through Our Eyes
Asian Americans
Kisses on a Train
Ride with Funkmaster Flex
The Talk: Race in America
We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss