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Geeta Gandbhir

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Geeta Gandbhir

Born Sep 18, 1970 · 55 years90 titles 69 movies · 21 TV
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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.

Also known as

Гита Гандбир

Born

Sep 18, 1970

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

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Acting credits

27

Directing

3

Writing

74

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