Geeta Patel

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Geeta Vasant Patel
Born (1975-12-22) December 22, 1975 (age 48)
Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Film screenwriter
  • Television director
  • Film director
  • Producer
Years active2001–present
Notable work

Geeta Vasant Patel (born December 22, 1975) [1] is an American film and television director, screenwriter, and producer best known for her work on Meet the Patels (2014), House of the Dragon (2022), and Ahsoka (2023).

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Career

In the early 2000s, Patel began her career by serving as an assistant writer on The Beast , The Fast and the Furious , Blue Crush , The Rundown , and Mindhunters . [2] In 2008, she made her directorial debut with the documentary film Project Kashmir. [3] [4] In 2014, she directed and wrote her second documentary, Meet the Patels , with her brother Ravi V. Patel. [5] In October 2015, Fox Searchlight acquired the rights to remake the film, with the Patel siblings set to co-write and co-direct. [6] [7]

In the 2010s, she directed episodes of Independent Lens , Sense8 , The Mindy Project , Survivor's Remorse , Superstore , The Mick , Fresh Off the Boat , Speechless , Champions , Atypical , Santa Clarita Diet , Chambers , Dead to Me , Sweetbitter , and Runaways . [8] [6] [9] In the following decade, she worked on the television series The Magicians , The Great , and P-Valley . [2]

In January 2020, Patel was recruited to direct episodes 6 and 7 of The Witcher season 2, [10] but, in October, it was revealed that Patel was replaced by Louise Hooper, due to scheduling conflicts and refusing to be committed to a months-long stay in the United Kingdom, after production was suspended due to the COVID-19. [11] In October 2022, she directed "The Lord of the Tides", the eighth episode of House of the Dragon . [12] In 2023, she directed an episode of the Star Wars series Ahsoka . [13] She is set to direct and executive produce multiple episodes of the upcoming streaming series Under the Bridge , [14] which is set to be released on April 17, 2024. [15]

Filmography

Feature film

YearTitleCredited asNote(s)
DirectorScreenwriterProducer
2001 The Fast and the Furious NoAssociateNo [2]
2002 Blue Crush NoAssociateNo [2]
2003 The Rundown NoAssociateNo [2]
2004 Mindhunters NoAssociateNo [2]
2008Project KashmirYesYesYesAlso additional camera operator [3] [4]
2014 Meet the Patels YesYesYesAlso cinematographer and editor [5]

Television

YearTitleCredited asNote(s)
DirectorScreenwriterProducer
2001 The Beast NoAssociateAssociate6 episodes [9]
2010, 2016 Independent Lens YesYesYes2 episodes
Also cinematographer and editor [8]
2015 Sense8 2nd UnitNoNo8 episodes [6]
2016–17 The Mindy Project YesNoNo3 episodes [9]
2016 Survivor's Remorse YesNoNoEpisode: "The Thank-You Note" [9]
2016–18 Superstore YesNoNo5 episodes [9]
2017 The Mick YesNoNoEpisode: "The Mess" [9]
Fresh Off the Boat YesNoNoEpisode: "Driving Miss Jenny" [9]
Speechless YesNoNoEpisode: "M-a-May-Jay" [9]
2018 Champions YesNoNo2 episodes [9]
Atypical YesNoNoEpisode: "Pants on Fire" [9]
2019 Santa Clarita Diet YesNoNoEpisode: "We Let People Die Every Day" [9]
Chambers YesNoNoEpisode: "Trauma Bonding" [9]
Dead to Me YesNoNo2 episodes [9]
Sweetbitter YesNoNo2 episodes [9]
Runaways YesNoNoEpisode: "The Broken Circle" [9]
2020 The Magicians YesNoNoEpisode: "Magicians Anonymous" [2]
The Great YesNoNo2 episodes [2]
P-Valley YesNoNoEpisode: "Belly" [2]
2022–present House of the Dragon YesNoNo3 episodes [16] [12]
2023 Ahsoka YesNoNoEpisode: "Part Seven: Dreams and Madness" [13]
2024 Under the Bridge YesNoExecutive3 episodes [17]

Accolades

For her work on Meet the Patels, she won the Audience Choice Award at the 2014 LA Film Festival, the Top 10 Audience Favorite at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Best Feature Documentary at the Mt. Hood Independent Film Festival, the Audience Award at the Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival, and Best Documentary Film and Founders Grand Prize Best Film at the Traverse City Film Festival. [18] [6]

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