
Geeta Gandbhir
Director
Born: September 18, 1970 (55 years old)
Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Biography
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.
Filmography (42)
- By the People: The Election of Barack Obama (2009, ★ 6.8)
- Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story (2023, ★ 7.7)
- O.J.: Made in America (2016, ★ 8.4)
- A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting (2022, ★ 6.4)
- Risky Drinking (2016, ★ 6.9)
- I Am Evidence (2017, ★ 6.4)
- The Sentence (2018, ★ 6.8)
- Summer of Sam (1999, ★ 6.5)
- God Is the Bigger Elvis (2012, ★ 6.7)
- Joy Street (1995, ★ 6.5)
- The Devil Is Busy (2024, ★ 6.7)
- The Perfect Neighbor (2025, ★ 6.8)
- Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley (2013, ★ 6.7)
- Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within (2025, ★ 7)
- Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (2014, ★ 6.9)
- Which Way Is The Front Line From Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington (2013, ★ 6.9)
- Music by Prudence (2010, ★ 6.8)
- Malcolm X (1992, ★ 7.6)
- Short Cuts (1993, ★ 7.2)
- Clockers (1995, ★ 6.7)
- American Promise (2013, ★ 6.7)
- Gasland Part II (2013, ★ 7.2)
- Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds (2017, ★ 7.5)
- Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS (2017, ★ 6.9)
- The Feeling of Being Watched (2018, ★ 6.9)
- If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise (2010, ★ 6.5)
- Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge (2017, ★ 6.9)
- Miracle's Boys (2005, ★ 7)
- Why We Hate (2019, ★ 6.7)
- Daughters of Destiny (2017, ★ 6.9)