Geeta Gandbhir

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Geeta Gandbhir
File:Geeta Gandbhir at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival 02.jpg
Gandbhir at the Sundance Film Festival in 2025
Born
Greta Gandbhir[citation needed]

(1970-09-18) September 18, 1970 (age 55)
Boston
Alma materHarvard University (BA)
Occupation
  • Director
Years active2006–present
Children2

Geeta Gandbhir is an American filmmaker known for her work as a director, producer, and editor.[1] She has won multiple awards including Emmy Awards and Peabody Awards.

Early life and education

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Gandbhir grew up 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.[2] 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.

Career

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She started her career in narrative film working for Spike Lee and Sam Pollard, and then branched into documentary film. Her films include Hungry to Learn and I Am Evidence.[3]

She was the editor of the Spike Lee-produced HBO documentary film If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise about life after Hurricane Katrina, which won the 2010 Peabody Award.[4]

Gandbhir was a part of the filmmaking team of the PBS film series Asian Americans which won a 2020 Peabody Award.[5] She was a field director for And She Could Be Next, directed by Grace Lee and Marjan Safinia.

Her short film from the HBO series Through Our Eyes: Apart won a 2022 Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Documentary.[6]

In 2023, Gandbhir directed and executive produced Born in Synanon, a documentary series for Paramount+ revolving around Synanon.[7]

In 2025, Gandbhir directed and produced The Perfect Neighbor focusing on the Killing of Ajike Owens.[8] It had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2025, winning the Directing Award.[9] That same year, she directed and executive produced Katrina: Come Hell and High Water alongside Spike Lee and Samantha Knowles for Netflix.[10]

Filmography

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Documentary

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Year Title Director Editor Producer Notes
2008 All of Us No Yes No
2009 By the People: The Election of Barack Obama No Yes No Also field producer
Budrus No Yes No
2010 Music by Prudence No Yes No
2011 The Carrier No Yes No
2013 Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington No Yes No
2014 Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown No Yes No Also editor supervisor
We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss Co-director No No
Puppies Behind Bars Co-director No No
2015 A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers Yes No Yes
2017 I Am Evidence Yes No Yes
The Talk: Race in America No No Yes
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge No Yes No
2018 The Sentence No No Co-producer
2022 Rise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three Cities No No Executive
A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting No No Executive
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power Yes No No
2024 New Wave No No Executive
The Devil Is Busy Co-director No No
New Wave No No Executive
Black Table No No Executive
2025 The Perfect Neighbor Yes No Yes
The Gas Station Attendant No No Executive
Masaka Kids: A Rhythm Within No No Yes

Television

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Year Title Director Editor Producer Notes
2001 Take it from Home No Yes No Film TV
2003–2009 Ride with Funkmaster Fle No Yes No TV Series
2005 Miracle's Boys No Yes No Mini-series; 5 episodes
2006 African American Lives No Yes No TV series; 1 episode
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts No Yes No Mini-series; 4 episodes
2007 Oprah's Roots: An African American Lives Special No Yes No Film TV
2009 Purizun doggu: Boku ni ikiru chikara o kureta inu No No Yes Film TV
2010 If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise No Yes No Mini-series; 1 epidose
2015 Op-Docs Yes No Yes TV series; 2 episodes
2017 Daughters of Destiny No Yes No Mini-series
2019 Rapture Yes No No Mini-series
2018 Doc World No No Yes TV series
2019 Why We Hate Yes No No TV series; 6 episodes
2020 Asian Americans No No Yes TV series
2021 Black and Missing Yes No Executive Mini-series; 4 episodes
2023 Born in Synanon Yes No Executive Mini-series; 4 episodes
2025 Eyes on the Prize Yes No No TV series; 1 episode
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water Yes No Executive Mini-series; 3 episodes
Harlem Ice No No Executive TV series; 5 episodes

Awards and nominations

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File:Geeta Gandbhir at the 70th Peabody Awards, May 23, 2011.jpg
Gandbhir at the 70th Peabody Awards

Major associations

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Emmy Awards

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Year Work Category Result Ref.
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
2007 When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming Won
2010 By the People: The Election of Barack Obama Won
2011 If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise Nominated
News and Documentary Emmy Awards
2015 P.O.V. (episode "American Promise") Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Editing - Documentary and Long Form Nominated
2019 HBO Documentary Films (episode "I Am Evidence") Outstanding Documentary Won [11]
Outstanding Investigative Documentary Nominated
Doc World: (episode "Armed With Faith") Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary Won
2022 Through Our Eyes (episode "Apart") Outstanding Short Documentary Won [12][13]

Other awards and honors

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Award Year Work Category Result Ref.
African-American Film Critics Association 2022 Black and Missing Best Documentary Won
American Cinema Editors Awards 2018 Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge: "01" Best Edited Documentary for Television Nominated [14]
Atlanta Film Festival 2016 A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers Best Documentary Feature Nominated
Astra Awards 2026 The Perfect Neighbor Best Documentary Feature Pending [15]
Black Reel Awards for Television 2022 The Perfect Neighbor Outstanding Television Documentary or Special Nominated [16]
Cinema Eye Honors 2019 I Am Evidence Outstanding Broadcast Nonfiction Filmmaking Nominated
2022 Black and Missing Outstanding Nonfiction Series Won [17]
2023 Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power Outstanding Broadcast Film Nominated [18]
2026 The Perfect Neighbor Outstanding Non-Fiction Feature Pending [19]
Outstanding Direction Pending
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards 2025 The Perfect Neighbor Best Director Won [20]
Cleveland International Film Festival 2017 Puppies Behind Barss Best Film Nominated
2018 I Am Evidence Excellence in Directing Nominated
Local Heroes Competition Nominated
Denver Film Festival 2023 How We Get Free Best Short Film Nominated
Film Independent Spirit Awards 2022 Black and Missing Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series Won [21]
2026 The Perfect Neighbor Best Documentary Feature Pending [22]
Gotham Independent Film Awards 2025 The Perfect Neighbor Best Documentary Nominated [23]
Gracie Awards 2022 Black and Missing Best Director Won
Hamptons International Film Festival 2017 I Am Evidence Social Justice Award Honoree
NAACP Image Awards 2022 Black and Missing Outstanding Directing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture) Won [24]
Sundance Film Festival 2025 The Perfect Neighbor Grand Jury Prize – U.S. Documentary Competition Nominated [25]
Directing Award: U.S. Documentary Won

References

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