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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.
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
Geeta Gandbhir Filmography
| 2007 | 2007 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2025 | |
| 2025 | Katrina: Come Hell and High Water (TV Series) |
| 2024 | |
| 2023 | Born in Synanon (TV Series) |
| 2023 | |
| 2022 | |
| 2021 | Black and Missing (TV Series) |
| 2021 | Through Our Eyes (TV Series) |
| 2020 | |
| 2019 | Why We Hate (TV Series) |
| 2018 | Rapture (TV Series) |
| 2017 | |
| 2016 | Doc World (TV Series) |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | |
| 2009 | |
| 1987 | Eyes on the Prize (TV Series) |
| 2025 | |
| 2025 | |
| 2025 | Katrina: Come Hell and High Water (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Exodus · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Harlem Ice (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | New Wave · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Black Table · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Family Tree · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Born in Synanon (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | A Tree of Life · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Black and Missing (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Asian Americans (TV Series) |
| 2018 | The Sentence · as Co-Producer |
| 2017 | |
| 2016 | Doc World (TV Series) |
| 2015 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2011 | Op-Docs (TV Series) |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge (TV Series) |
| 2017 | Daughters of Destiny (TV Series) |
| 2014 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | |
| 2011 | |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (TV Series) |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2006 | When The Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (TV Series) |
| 2006 | African American Lives 2 (TV Series) |
| 2005 | Miracle's Boys (TV Series) |
| 2018 | The Feeling of Being Watched · as Consulting Editor |
| 2017 | I Am Evidence · as Supervising Editor |
| 2017 | Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS · as Supervising Editor |
| 2016 | Risky Drinking · as Editorial Manager |
| 2016 | O.J.: Made in America · as Consulting Editor |
| 2016 | Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds · as Consulting Editor |
| 2014 | Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown · as Supervising Film Editor |
| 2013 | American Promise · as Additional Editor |
| 2013 | Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley · as Supervising Editor |
| 2013 | Gasland Part II · as Additional Editor |
| 2000 | Bamboozled · as First Assistant Editor |
| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) · as Story Producer |
| 1999 | Summer of Sam · as Assistant Editor |
| 1996 | Girl 6 · as First Assistant Editor |
| 1995 | Clockers · as Assistant Editor |
| 1994 | Surviving the Game · as Assistant Editor |
| 1993 | Short Cuts · as Apprentice Sound Editor |
| 1992 | Malcolm X · as Apprentice Sound Editor |
| 1988 | P.O.V. (TV Series) · as Field Director |
| 1988 | P.O.V. (TV Series) · as Additional Editor |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Supervising Editor |