Bombach is from Santa Fe, New Mexico. They graduated from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado.^[1] In 2009, they founded the production company, Red Reel.^[2] Their first film, 23 Feet (2011), "captures people doing what they love outside," and raised $9,785 on Kickstarter.^[3]^[4] In 2012, they produced and directed the documentary film series MoveShake, a "look into the complicated lives of people who have set out to make a positive environmental or social impact."^[5] Their first feature documentary, Frame by Frame, co-directed with Mo Scarpelli,^[6] premiered at SXSW in 2015.^[7] Also in 2015, Bombach released an 18-minute documentary entitled Common Ground, which dealt with disputes over unprotected public land in Montana.^[3] In 2016, Bombach received Pulitzer Center support for The New York Times "op-doc" Afghanistan by Choice, which, like Frame by Frame, was filmed in Afghanistan.^[5]

In 2018, Bombach premiered their documentary On Her Shoulders, about Yazidi genocide survivor and activist Nadia Murad,^[8] at the Sundance Film Festival.^[2] On Her Shoulders won the festival's award for Best Directing of a U.S. Documentary.^[7]^[9]^[10] The same year, Bombach signed with United Talent Agency.^[7]

In 2023, Bombach directed It's Only Life After All revolving around the band Indigo Girls.^[11]

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