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Nisha Ganatra

Directing · Born 1974-06-25 · 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

2025Freakier FridayDirector
2025Deli BoysExecutive Producer
2025Clean SlateDirector
2022Welcome to ChippendalesDirector
2021And Just Like That…Director
2020#WombStoriesDirector
2020The High NoteDirector
2019DollfaceDirector
2019Late NightDirector
2019Black MondayDirector
2018Half the PictureSelf
2017Future ManDirector
2017Dear White PeopleDirector
2017Great NewsDirector
2016Better ThingsDirector
2016Center Stage: On PointeWriter
2015Mr. RobotDirector
2015The Last Man on EarthDirector
2014TransparentDirector
2014Red OaksDirector
2014FUTURESTATES: Code AcademyDirector
2013Pete's ChristmasDirector
2013The HuntersDirector
2013Brooklyn Nine-NineDirector
2012The Mindy ProjectDirector
2011ShamelessDirector
2010HavenDirector
2008Will You Merry Me?Director
2008The Cheetah Girls: One WorldScreenplay
2005Bam Bam and CelesteLinda
2005CakeDirector
2003Fast Food HighDirector
2003CosmopolitanDirector
2002BlissDirector
2001Chutney PopcornReena
2000The Acting ClassExotic Dancer
1998Fairy TaleDirector of Photography
—Untitled Boy Band PicDirector
—Junky Punky GirlzDirector
—Unaccustomed EarthExecutive Producer

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