Geeta Gandbhir
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.
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Films (68)
Water Cooler
2026 · Executive Producer
#WhileBlack
2026 · Executive Producer
Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within
2025 · Producer
La Voisine idéale
2025 · Director, Producer
Freshman. Again.
2025 · Writer, Producer
The Gas Station Attendant
2025 · Executive Producer
Exodus
2025 · Executive Producer
El Diablo No Descansa
2024 · Director
New Wave
2024 · Executive Producer
Black Table
2024 · Executive Producer
Family Tree
2024 · Executive Producer
Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story
2023 · Executive Producer
How We Get Free
2023 · Director
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
2022 · Director
Tree of Life: Ataque a la Sinagoga de Pittsburgh
2022 · Executive Producer
Rise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three Cities
2022 · Executive Producer
I Dream a Dream That Dreams Back at Me
2021 · Consulting Producer
Learning to Breathe
2021 · Producer
Call Center Blues
2020 · Director
Hungry to Learn
2019 · Director
The Feeling of Being Watched
2018 · Consulting Editor
The Sentence
2018 · Co-Producer
Armed with Faith
2017 · Director, Producer
Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS
2017 · Supervising Editor
Yo Soy la Evidencia
2017 · Director, Supervising Editor
Love the Sinner
2017 · Director
The Talk: Race in America
2017 · Producer
Risky Drinking
2016 · Editorial Manager, Supervising Editor
Luces Brillantes: Con Debbie Reynolds y Carrie Fisher
2016 · Consulting Editor
O.J. - Made in America
2016 · Consulting Editor
Prison Dogs
2016 · Director
A Conversation with Black Women on Race
2015 · Producer
A Conversation With Police on Race
2015 · Director, Producer
A Conversation With Latinos on Race
2015 · Producer
A Conversation With Asian-Americans on Race
2015 · Director, Producer
A Journey of a Thousand Miles: Peacekeepers
2015 · Director, Producer
A Conversation with White People on Race
2015 · Producer
The Conversation
2015 · Self, Director, Story, Producer
A Conversation About Growing Up Black
2015 · Producer
We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford to Miss
2014 · Director
Recordando al artista Robert De Niro Sr.
2014 · Director, Editor
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
2014 · Supervising Film Editor
American Promise
2013 · Additional Editor
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013 · Producer, Supervising Editor
GasLand 2
2013 · Additional Editor
Which Way Is The Front Line From Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington
2013 · Editor, Supervising Editor
See You Soon Again
2012 · Story Consultant
God Is the Bigger Elvis
2012 · Editor
My Neighbourhood
2012 · Editor
The Education of Dee Dee Ricks
2011 · Editor
The Carrier
2011 · Editor
Budrus
2010 · Editor
Pushing the Elephant
2010 · Producer
Music by Prudence
2010 · Editor
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama
2009 · Editor, Producer
All of Us
2008 · Editor
Oprah's Roots: An African American Lives Special
2007 · Editor
Take It From Me
2001 · Editor
The Very Black Show
2000 · First Assistant Editor
Verano de Sam: La Noche del Asesino
1999 · Assistant Editor
Girl 6
1996 · First Assistant Editor
Clockers
1995 · Assistant Editor
Joy Street
1995 · Painter
Que la chasse commence !
1994 · Assistant Editor
Short Cuts
1993 · Apprentice Sound Editor
Kisses on a Train
1993 · Assistant Editor
Malcolm X
1992 · Apprentice Sound Editor
The Pen
· Executive Producer
Séries (21)
Katrina : L'ouragan infernal
2025 · Director, Executive Producer
Eyes on the Prize III: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest 1977-2015
2025 · Director
Harlem sobre hielo
2025 · Executive Producer
Born in Synanon
2023 · Director, Executive Producer
Black and Missing
2021 · Director, Executive Producer, Creator
Through Our Eyes
2021 · Director
Asian Americans
2020 · Producer
Why We Hate
2019 · Director
Women, War & Peace II
2019 · Co-Director
Rapture
2018 · Director
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
2017 · Editor
Enfants du destin
2017 · Editor
O.J. : Made In America
2016 · Consulting Editor
If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise
2010 · Editor
Katrina (When The Levees Broke)
2006 · Editor
African American Lives
2006 · Editor
Miracle's Boys
2005 · Editor
Ride with Funkmaster Flex
2003 · Editor
Le Daily Show
1996 · Self - Guest
POV
1988 · Field Director, Additional Editor, Consulting Editor, Executive Producer
American Masters
1986 · Supervising Editor