- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- June 25, 1974
- Place of Birth
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Nisha Ganatra
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.
Filmography
movieFreakier Friday
2025 · Director
tvDeli Boys
2025 · Executive Producer, 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
movieHalf the Picture
2018 · Self
tvFuture Man
2017 · Director
tvDear White People
2017 · Director
tvGreat News
2017 · Director
tvBetter Things
2016 · Co-Executive Producer, Director
movieCenter Stage: On Pointe
2016 · Writer, Executive Producer
tvMr. Robot
2015 · Director
tvThe Last Man on Earth
2015 · Director
tvTransparent
2014 · Director, Consulting Producer
tvRed Oaks
2014 · Director
movieFUTURESTATES: Code Academy
2014 · Director, Writer
moviePete's Christmas
2013 · Director
movieThe Hunters
2013 · Director, Executive Producer
tvBrooklyn Nine-Nine
2013 · Director
tvThe Mindy Project
2012 · Director
tvShameless
2011 · Director
tvHaven
2010 · Director
movieWill You Merry Me?
2008 · Director
movieThe Cheetah Girls: One World
2008 · Screenplay
movieBam Bam and Celeste
2005 · Linda
movieCake
2005 · Director
movieFast Food High
2003 · Director
Cosmopolitan
2003 · Director
tvBliss
2002 · Director
movieChutney Popcorn
2001 · Reena, Director, Writer, Producer
movieThe Acting Class
2000 · Exotic Dancer
movieFairy Tale
1998 · Director of Photography
Untitled Boy Band Pic
— · Director
movieJunky Punky Girlz
— · Director, Writer, Editor
Unaccustomed Earth
— · Executive Producer, Director, Creator