Even before the Oscar ceremony is held on March 15, Geeta Gandbhir has earned her place in the books. The 55-year-old American filmmaker is the first woman ever to receive nominations for both Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short in the same year.
The Perfect Neighbor is in the running for Best Documentary Feature, while The Devil Is Busy, co-directed with Christalyn Hampton, will vie for Best Documentary Short.
Gandbhir was born in Boston into a Marathi-speaking family that immigrated to the United States in the 1960s. The Harvard University alumuna worked with Spike Lee for several years, assisting him on his features before moving to documentaries and non-fiction series for television.
Another mentor is Sam Pollard, one of the co-founders of the production company Message Pictures along with Gandbhir and Alisa Payne. Gandbhir’s upcoming projects include a biographical documentary on the actor Whoopi Goldberg.
Gandbhir’s award-winning body of work reveals a consistent focus on explorations of systemic injustice, underrepresented communities and the use of film to spark social change. All these concerns are present in The Perfect Neighbor (available on Netflix) and The Devil is Busy (out on JioHotstar).
The Perfect Neighbor is a chilling account of the murder of Ajike Owens, a Black woman in Florida, by her White neighbour Susan Lorincz. The build-up to the...
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