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Geeta Gandbhir is an American filmmaker known for her work as a director, producer, and editor. [1] She has won multiple awards including Emmy Awards and Peabody Awards.
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Geeta Gandbhir is an American filmmaker known for her work as a director, producer, and editor. [1] 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. [2] 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 Sam Pollard an editor for Lee.
She started her career in narrative film working for Spike Lee and Sam Pollard, and then branched into documentary film. Her films include Hungry to Learn and I Am Evidence . [3]
She was the editor of the Spike Lee-produced HBO documentary film If God Is Willing and da Creek Don't Rise about life after Hurricane Katrina, which won the 2010 Peabody Award. [4]
Gandbhir was a part of the filmmaking team of the PBS film series Asian Americans which won a 2020 Peabody Award. [5] She was a field director for And She Could Be Next, directed by Grace Lee and Marjan Safinia.
Her short film from the HBO series Through Our Eyes: Apart won a 2022 Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Documentary. [6]
In 2023, Gandbhir directed and executive produced Born in Synanon , a documentary series for Paramount+ revolving around Synanon. [7]
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