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Geeta Malik is an award-winning writer and director whose accolades include the inaugural Academy Gold Fellowship for Women, the Academy Nicholl Fellowship, and the Austin Film Festival Comedy Screenplay Award for her feature script, DINNER WITH FRIENDS (retitled to INDIA SWEETS AND SPICES).

In 2019, Geeta directed INDIA SWEETS AND SPICES, starring Bollywood superstar Manisha Koirala, Adil Hussain, Sophia Ali, and Rish Shah. The film was produced by SK Global and Madison Wells Media and premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. It was released theatrically by Bleecker Street and is currently streaming on Hulu.  After completing the Warner Bros. Directors’ Workshop, Geeta is set to direct an episode of Abbott Elementary (ABC).