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Nisha Ganatra
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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 (2…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2026
Unaccustomed Earth
TV show Executive Producer
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2025
Freakier Friday
Movie Director
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2025
Deli Boys
TV show Executive Producer
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2025
Clean Slate
TV show Director
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2022
Welcome to Chippendales
TV show Director
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2021
And Just Like That…
TV show Director
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2020
#WombStories
Movie Director
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2020
The High Note
Movie Director
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2019
Dollface
TV show Director
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2019
Late Night
Movie Director
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2019
Black Monday
TV show Director
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2018
Half the Picture
Movie Self
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2017
Future Man
TV show Director
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2017
Dear White People
TV show Director
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2017
Great News
TV show Director
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2016
Better Things
TV show Director
More credits
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2016
Center Stage: On Pointe
Movie Writer
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2016
You Me Her
TV show Director
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2015
Mr. Robot
TV show Director
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2015
The Last Man on Earth
TV show Director
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2015
Fresh Off the Boat
TV show Director
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2014
Transparent
TV show Director
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2014
Red Oaks
TV show Director
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2014
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
Movie Director
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2013
Pete's Christmas
Movie Director
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2013
The Hunters
Movie Director
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2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
TV show Director
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2012
The Mindy Project
TV show Director
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2011
Shameless
TV show Director
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2010
Haven
TV show Director
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2008
Will You Merry Me?
Movie Director
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2008
The Cheetah Girls: One World
Movie Screenplay
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2005
Bam Bam and Celeste
Movie Linda
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2005
Cake
Movie Director
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2003
Fast Food High
Movie Director
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2003
Cosmopolitan
Movie Director
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2002
Bliss
TV show Director
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2001
Chutney Popcorn
Movie Reena
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2000
The Acting Class
Movie Exotic Dancer
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1998
Fairy Tale
Movie Director of Photography
