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Gender:Unspecified
Birth Date:1974-06-25 00:00:00
Birth Place:Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Known For:Directing
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Nisha Ganatra
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.
Filmography (37)

Half the Picture
Role: Self2018

The Acting Class
Role: Exotic Dancer2000

Bam Bam and Celeste
Role: Linda2005

Chutney Popcorn
director2001

Cake
director2005

Center Stage: On Pointe
writer2016

Center Stage: On Pointe
executive producer2016

Chutney Popcorn
Role: Reena2001

Will You Merry Me?
director2008

Fairy Tale
director of photography1998

Junky Punky Girlz
editor2026

#WombStories
director2020

Chutney Popcorn
writer2001

Chutney Popcorn
producer2001
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Untitled Boy Band Pic
director2026

Junky Punky Girlz
director2026

Upstate
director2010

Rosegarden
director1997

Junky Punky Girlz
writer2026

The Promised Land
director1975
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Agent aus der Retorte
director1972

Freakier Friday
director2025

Late Night
director2019

The High Note
director2020

The Hunters
director2013

The Hunters
executive producer2013
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Cosmopolitan
director2003

FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
director2014

FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
writer2014

Pete's Christmas
director2013

Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
director2023

The Mask of Diijon
director1946

Fast Food High
director2003

Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
director1945

The Cheetah Girls: One World
screenplay2008

Alice in Panchalinadu
director2021

Kamillions
director1990