GG
Photo of Geeta Gandbhir

Geeta Gandbhir

Director, Producer, Editor, Additional CreditsBorn September 18, 1970 (55 years)
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.

Known For

  • The Perfect Neighbor
  • When The Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
  • By the People: The Election of Barack Obama
  • Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
  • The Devil Is Busy
  • I Am Evidence
  • If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise
  • Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story
  • Black and Missing
  • Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr.
  • Rapture
  • Masaka Kids: A Rhythm Within
  • P.O.V.
  • Why We Hate
  • How We Get Free
  • Eyes on the Prize
  • The Sentence
  • Born in Synanon
  • Call Center Blues
  • Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
  • Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
  • A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers
  • The Talk: Race in America

Filmography

2007
1996
The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest

Take Plex everywhere

Watch free anytime, anywhere, on almost any device.
See the full list of supported devices