The Perfect Neighbor

Geeta Gandbhir is a documentary filmmaker and editor who directed The Perfect Neighbor. Her work often focuses on real-life stories that explore justice, community, and social issues. In this film, she helped shape the narrative using real footage and recordings to carefully reconstruct the events of the neighborhood conflict. Gandbhir’s direction emphasizes multiple perspectives, aiming to show how misunderstandings and escalating tensions can lead to serious consequences.

Alisa Payne is a producer who worked on The Perfect Neighbor. In her role, she helped oversee the development and organization of the film, supporting the team in gathering footage, structuring the story, and managing production details. Her work contributed to shaping the documentary’s clear, factual presentation of the neighborhood conflict and the events that led to its tragic outcome.

Nikon Kwantu is a film producer and filmmaker who worked on The Perfect Neighbor. He is one of the key producers behind the documentary and played an important role in developing the project from its early stages, helping to shape the story using real police footage and investigative material. Kwantu also contributed to organizing the structure of the film and supporting the creative direction alongside director Geeta Gandbhir. His work helped turn complex real-life events from the neighborhood dispute into a clear, impactful documentary about how tensions escalated into tragedy.

Sam Pollard is an award-winning American filmmaker, editor, and director known for his work in documentary storytelling, especially films that explore history and social issues. He began his career as a film editor and worked on several major projects, including collaborations with filmmaker Spike Lee, editing films such as Mo’ Better Blues and Jungle Fever. As a director and producer, Pollard has created acclaimed documentaries like MLK/FBI and When the Levees Broke, which focus on important moments in American history and often highlight issues of race, justice, and culture. His work is known for combining powerful archival footage with strong storytelling to bring historical events to life.

Viridiana Lieberman is an American documentary filmmaker, editor, and writer known for her work on socially conscious nonfiction films. She has worked as an editor on several acclaimed documentaries, including The Sentence and I Am Evidence, which focus on justice, human rights, and real-life social issues. Lieberman is also known for her role as editor of The Perfect Neighbor, where she helped shape the film’s structure using real footage such as police recordings and surveillance video. In addition to editing, she has directed and produced documentary projects and is recognized for her careful, emotionally driven storytelling style that helps make complex real-world events clear and impactful.