Nisha Ganatra
Director, Producer, Writer, Actor
June 25, 1974 (51 years)
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.
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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.
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| 2025 | Deli Boys · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Clean Slate · as Executive Producer |
| 2016 | Center Stage: On Pointe · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | Transparent · as Consulting Producer |
| 2013 | Pete's Christmas · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
| 2013 | The Hunters · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
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| 2008 | The Cheetah Girls: One World · as Screenplay |
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| 2011 | Small, Beautifully Moving Parts · as Mother |
| 2005 | Bam Bam and Celeste · as Linda |
| 2000 | The Acting Class · as Exotic Dancer |
| 1999 | Chutney Popcorn · as Reena |
| 2021 | What Happens in Hollywood · as Self - Director |
| 2018 | Half the Picture · as SelfOn Plex |
| 2013 | The Dream Share Project · as Self |
| 2006 | Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition · as Self |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood · as Self |
| 2016 | Better Things · as Co-Executive Producer |
| 2016 | You Me Her · as Co-Executive Producer |
| 2011 | Margaret Cho: Cho Dependent · as Field Producer |
| 2009 | Margaret Cho: Beautiful · as Field Producer |
| 2004 | Margaret Cho: CHO Revolution · as Field Producer |