Nisha Ganatra
Directing
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.
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movieFreakier Friday
2025
Director
tvDeli Boys
2025
Director
tvClean Slate
2025
Director
tvWelcome to Chippendales
2022
Director
tvAnd Just Like That…
2021
Director
movie#WombStories
2020
Director
movieThe High Note
2020
Director
tvDollface
2019
Director
movieLate Night
2019
Director
tvBlack Monday
2019
Director
tvFuture Man
2017
Director
tvDear White People
2017
Director
tvGreat News
2017
Director
tvBetter Things
2016
Director
tvMr. Robot
2015
Director
tvThe Last Man on Earth
2015
Director
tvTransparent
2014
Director
tvRed Oaks
2014
Director
moviePete's Christmas
2013
Director
movieThe Hunters
2013
Director
tvBrooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
Director
tvThe Mindy Project
2012
Director
tvShameless
2011
Director
tvHaven
2010
Director
movieWill You Merry Me?
2008
Director
movieCake
2005
Director
movieFast Food High
2003
Director
tvBliss
2002
Director
movieChutney Popcorn
2001
Director
movieJunky Punky Girlz
Director
Production7
tvDeli Boys
2025
Executive Producer
tvBetter Things
2016
Co-Executive Producer
movieCenter Stage: On Pointe
2016
Executive Producer
tvTransparent
2014
Consulting Producer
movieThe Hunters
2013
Executive Producer
movieChutney Popcorn
2001
Producer
Unaccustomed Earth
Executive Producer
Writing5
Acting4
movieThe Acting Class
2000
Exotic Dancer
Camera1
movieFairy Tale
1998
Director of Photography
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Editing1
movieJunky Punky Girlz
Editor