Geeta Gandbhir

Geeta Gandbhir is an award winning filmmaker and co-founder of Message Pictures. Recent credits include “The Perfect Neighbor” which premiered at Sundance in 2025 and won the Directing Award for the US Documentary Competition and was bought by Netflix, the series “Katrina: Come Hell and High Water” for Netflix, shorts "The Devil is Busy" for HBO, "Reclaimed" for Sesame Workshop, the Oscar Shortlisted film “How We Get Free” for HBO, the series "Born in Synanon" for Paramount, the series "Eyes on the Prize" for HBO, the feature doc "Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power," which was nominated for the 2022 Critics Choice Award, won a 2023 SIMA Award, and won a 2023 Emmy Award. She directed and show ran the series "Black and Missing" for HBO which won a 2022 NAACP Award for Best Directing, a 2022 Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Series, a 2022 ATAS Honors Award, and a Cinema Eye Honors for Best Series. She directed the film "Apart," with Rudy Valdez, for HBOMax, and won a 2022 Emmy Award.

Courses and Content

Jan30
Story Forum Online
10:30AM - 11:30AM (PST)

Behind the Cut: An Inside Look at the Making of THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR | Presented by Adobe

With: Geeta Gandbhir and 2 more

Behind the Cut: An Inside Look at the Making of THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR | Presented by Adobe

January 30, 2026
10:30AM - 11:30AM (PST)
With: Geeta Gandbhir, Viridiana Lieberman and Meagan Keane
This session highlights the tools, workflows, and editorial decisions that transformed raw material into a cohesive documentary, revealing how structure, iteration, and collaboration bring real-world stories into focus.
Video

FILM FATALES | Authentic Authorship: The Ethics of Storytelling

With: Film Fatales and Geeta Gandbhir

Sundance Institute's Story Forum: Online Event Registration

Join us from anywhere on January 29–30 for 15+ immersive online sessions. Explore the cutting edge of independent filmmaking through deep dives into virtual production, documentary ethics, and sustainable independent workflows.