



Nisha Ganatra
Directing1974Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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.
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Acting History
2025
2022
Welcome to Chippendales
TVDirector
Dollface
TVDirector• 2 eps
2021
And Just Like That…
TVDirector
2020
Covers
Director
2019
Late Night
Director
Black Monday
TVDirector• 1 eps
2017
2016
Center Stage: On Pointe
Writer
Center Stage: On Pointe
Executive Producer
Better Things
TVDirector
Better Things
TVCo-Executive Producer
2015
2014
Red Oaks
TVDirector
Transparent
TVDirector• 3 eps
2013
The Hunters
Director
The Hunters
Executive Producer
Pete's Christmas
Director
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
TVDirector
2012
Haven
TVDirector• 1 eps
2011
Shameless
TVDirector
2008
Will You Merry Me?
Director
The Cheetah Girls: One World
Screenplay
2005
Bam Bam and Celeste
as Linda
Cake
Director
2002
Bliss
TVDirector
2001

