
Nisha Ganatra
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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.
Born: June 25, 1974 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Filmography (32)

Freakier Friday
2025

Deli Boys
2025

Clean Slate
2025

Welcome to Chippendales
2022

And Just Like That…
2021

The High Note
2020

Dollface
2019

Late Night
2019

Black Monday
2019

Half the Picture
2018

Future Man
2017

Dear White People
2017

Great News
2017

Better Things
2016

Center Stage: On Pointe
2016

Mr. Robot
2015

The Last Man on Earth
2015

Transparent
2014

Red Oaks
2014

Pete's Christmas
2013

The Hunters
2013

Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013

The Mindy Project
2012

Shameless
2011

Haven
2010

Will You Merry Me?
2008

The Cheetah Girls: One World
2008

Bam Bam and Celeste
2005

Cake
2005

Bliss
2002

Chutney Popcorn
2001

Fairy Tale
1998
