Geeta Vasant Patel (born December 22, 1975) is an American film and television director, screenwriter, and producer best known for her work on ''

Meet the Patels ''Meet the Patels'' is a 2014 American romantic comedy documentary film directed by siblings Geeta V. Patel and Ravi V. Patel. The film explores the expectations surrounding marriage in the Patels' first-generation Indian immigrant family and in wi ...

'' (2014), ''

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'' (2022), and ''

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'' (2023).

Career

In the early 2000s, Patel began her career by serving as an assistant writer on '' The Beast'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

Mindhunters ''Mindhunters'' is a 2004 crime slasher film directed by Renny Harlin and starring Kathryn Morris, LL Cool J, Jonny Lee Miller, Patricia Velásquez, Clifton Collins Jr., Christian Slater, and Val Kilmer. It was written by Wayne Kramer and Kevin ...

''. In 2008, she made her directorial debut with the documentary film ''Project Kashmir''. In 2014, she directed and wrote her second documentary, ''

'', with her brother

Ravi V. Patel Ravi Vasant Patel (born December 18, 1978) is an American actor. He and his sister wrote and directed an autobiographical documentary, '' Meet the Patels''. Early life and education Patel was born in Freeport, Illinois to Indian American paren ...

. In October 2015,

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acquired the rights to remake the film, with the Patel siblings set to co-write and co-direct. In the 2010s, she directed episodes of ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Superstore'', '' The Mick'', ''

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'', '' Speechless'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Chambers'', '' Dead to Me'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. In the following decade, she worked on the television series '' The Magicians'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. In January 2020, Patel was recruited to direct episodes 6 and 7 of ''

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'' season 2, 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

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. In October 2022, she directed " The Lord of the Tides", the eighth episode of ''

''. In 2023, she directed an episode of the ''

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'' series ''

''. She is set to direct and executive produce multiple episodes of the upcoming streaming series ''

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''.

Filmography

Feature film Television

Accolades

For her work on ''Meet the Patels'', she won the Audience Choice Award at the 2014

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, the Top 10 Audience Favorite at

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, 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

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Patel, Geeta 1975 births 21st-century American women writers American film directors American television directors American women television directors Filmmakers from Illinois Film producers from Illinois Living people People from Evanston, Illinois Screenwriters from Illinois