Nisha Ganatra
- Directing
- June 25, 1974 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Biography
Nisha Ganatra (born June 25, 1974) is a Canadian film director, film producer, screenwriter and actress of Indian ancestry. She is best known for directing the films Late Night (2019) and Freakier Friday (2025). She began her career directing the films Chutney Popcorn (1999) and Cosmopolitan (2003), and was a consulting producer on, and directed three episodes of, the first season of the TV series Transparent. Ganatra graduated from the New York University (NYU) Tisch School of the Arts where she studied with Martin Scorcese and Spike Lee. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nisha Ganatra, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Unaccustomed Earth · Executive producer, Director
- Freakier Friday · Director
- Deli Boys · Executive producer, Director
- Clean Slate · Director
- Welcome to Chippendales · Director
- And Just Like That… · Director
- #WombStories · Director
- The High Note · Director
- Dollface · Director
- Late Night · Director
- Black Monday · Director
- Half the Picture · Self
- Future Man · Director
- Dear White People · Director
- Great News · Director
- Better Things · Co-Executive Producer, Director
- Center Stage: On Pointe · Writer, Executive producer
- You Me Her · Director
- Mr. Robot · Director
- The Last Man on Earth · Director
- Fresh Off the Boat · Director
- Transparent · Director, Consulting Producer
- Red Oaks · Director
- FUTURESTATES: Code Academy · Director, Writer
- Pete's Christmas · Director
- The Hunters · Director, Executive producer
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine · Director
- The Mindy Project · Director
- Shameless · Director
- Haven · Director
- Will You Merry Me? · Director
- The Cheetah Girls: One World · Screenplay
- Bam Bam and Celeste · Linda
- Cake · Director
- Fast Food High · Director
- Cosmopolitan · Director
- Bliss · Director
- Chutney Popcorn · Reena, Director
- The Acting Class · Exotic Dancer
- Fairy Tale · Cinematography
- Untitled Boy Band Pic · Director
- Junky Punky Girlz · Director, Writer