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.
Directed 35
2020s
- 2026
Unaccustomed Earth
Director
- 2025
Clean Slate
Director
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
#WombStories
Director
2010s
- 2019
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
Director
- 2013
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
2000s
- 2008
Will You Merry Me?
Director
- 2005
- 2003
Fast Food High
Director
- 2002
- 2001
Chutney Popcorn
Director
No release date
Junky Punky Girlz
Director
Produced 7
2020s
- 2026
Unaccustomed Earth
Executive Producer
- 2025
2010s
- 2016
Center Stage: On Pointe
Executive Producer
- 2014
- 2013
2000s
- 2001
Chutney Popcorn
Producer
Wrote 5
2010s
- 2016
Center Stage: On Pointe
Writer
- 2014
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
Writer
2000s
- 2008
- 2001
Chutney Popcorn
Writer
No release date
Junky Punky Girlz
Writer
Acted in 3
2000s
- 2005
Bam Bam and Celeste
Linda
- 2001
Chutney Popcorn
Reena
- 2000
The Acting Class
Exotic Dancer
Camera 1
1990s
- 1998
Fairy Tale
Director of Photography
Edited 1
No release date
Junky Punky Girlz
Editor
Created 1
2020s
- 2026
Unaccustomed Earth
Creator
Appearances1
2010s
- 2018
Half the Picture
Self