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'' (2014), ''

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'' (2022–24), and ''

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'' (2023).

Career

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

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. In 2008, she made her directorial debut with the documentary film ''Project Kashmir''. In 2014, she directed and wrote her second documentary, '' Meet the Patels'', with her brother Ravi V. Patel. 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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'', '' Superstore'', '' The Mick'', ''

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'', '' Speechless'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Chambers'', '' Dead to Me'', '' Sweetbitter'', and '' Runaways''. In the following decade, she worked on the television series '' The Magicians'', '' The Great'', and '' P-Valley''. 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 2023, she directed an episode of the ''

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'' series ''

''. In April 2024, she directed an episode of the streaming miniseries ''

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''. By August 2024, she directed three episodes for the streaming series ''

''.In February 2025, Patel was announced to be directing some episodes of

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for HBO.

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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. For her work on ''Under the Bridge'', she was nominated at the 1st Gotham TV Awards for "Breakthrough Limited Series".

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References

External links

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