
Nisha Ganatra
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 s…
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Filmography
Acting (4)
Crew (47)
Movies (24)
Freakier Friday
2025Director
The High Note
2020Director
#WombStories
2020Director
Late Night
2019Director
Center Stage: On Pointe
2016Executive Producer
Center Stage: On Pointe
2016Writer
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
2014Director
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
2014Writer
The Hunters
2013Director
The Hunters
2013Executive Producer
Pete's Christmas
2013Director
The Cheetah Girls: One World
2008Screenplay
Will You Merry Me?
2008Director
Cake
2005Director
Cosmopolitan
2003Director
Fast Food High
2003Director
Chutney Popcorn
2001Director
Chutney Popcorn
2001Producer
Chutney Popcorn
2001Writer
Fairy Tale
1998Director of Photography
Junky Punky Girlz
Director
Junky Punky Girlz
Editor
Junky Punky Girlz
Writer
Untitled Boy Band Pic
Director
Television (23)
Deli Boys
2025Director
Deli Boys
2025Executive Producer
Clean Slate
2025Director
Welcome to Chippendales
2022Director
And Just Like That…
2021Director
Black Monday
2019Director
Dollface
2019Director
Future Man
2017Director
Great News
2017Director
Dear White People
2017Director
Better Things
2016Co-Executive Producer
Better Things
2016Director
Mr. Robot
2015Director
The Last Man on Earth
2015Director
Transparent
2014Director
Red Oaks
2014Director
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013Director
The Mindy Project
2012Director
Shameless
2011Director
Haven
2010Director
Bliss
2002Director
Unaccustomed Earth
Director
Unaccustomed Earth
Executive Producer
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