Geeta Gandbhir

Geeta Gandbhir is an American 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.

Crew

Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
Director
The Education of Dee Dee Ricks
Editor
Learning to Breathe
Producer
Kisses on a Train
Assistant Editor
Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr.
Director, Editor
Budrus
Editor
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama
Editor, Producer
Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story
Executive Producer
A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers
Director, Producer
A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
Executive Producer
A Conversation with My Black Son
Director, Producer
Prison Dogs
Director
Risky Drinking
Editorial Manager, Supervising Editor
I Am Evidence
Director, Supervising Editor
A Conversation With Police on Race
Director, Producer
New Wave
Executive Producer
How We Get Free
Director
Armed with Faith
Director, Producer
The Sentence
Co-Producer
Love the Sinner
Director
Hungry to Learn
Director
Call Center Blues
Director
And She Could Be Next
Field Director
Summer of Sam
Assistant Editor
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Editor
Joy Street
Painter
The Devil Is Busy
Director
The Perfect Neighbor
Director, Producer
Black Table
Executive Producer
Exodus
Executive Producer
We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss
Director
A Conversation With Asian-Americans on Race
Director, Producer
Pushing the Elephant
Producer
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Producer, Supervising Editor
The Talk: Race in America
Producer
I Dream a Dream That Dreams Back at Me
Consulting Producer
Rise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three Cities
Executive Producer
Family Tree
Executive Producer
The Gas Station Attendant
Executive Producer
Freshman. Again.
Writer, Producer
Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within
Producer
The Pen
Executive Producer
A Conversation with White People on Race
Producer
A Conversation With Latinos on Race
Producer
A Conversation About Growing Up Black
Producer
A Conversation with Black Women on Race
Producer
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
Supervising Film Editor
Which Way Is The Front Line From Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington
Editor, Supervising Editor
My Neighbourhood
Editor
Music by Prudence
Editor
The Carrier
Editor
All of Us
Editor
Take It From Me
Editor
Oprah's Roots: An African American Lives Special
Editor
See You Soon Again
Story Consultant
Malcolm X
Apprentice Sound Editor
Short Cuts
Apprentice Sound Editor
The Conversation
Director, Story, Producer
Surviving the Game
Assistant Editor
Clockers
Assistant Editor
Girl 6
First Assistant Editor
Bamboozled
First Assistant Editor
American Promise
Additional Editor
Gasland Part II
Additional Editor
O.J.: Made in America
Consulting Editor
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
Consulting Editor
Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS
Supervising Editor
The Feeling of Being Watched
Consulting Editor