



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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Known For
Acting History
Future
Untitled Boy Band Pic
Director
Junky Punky Girlz
Director
Junky Punky Girlz
Writer
Junky Punky Girlz
Editor
Unaccustomed Earth
TVDirector
Unaccustomed Earth
TVExecutive Producer
2025
2022
Dollface
TVDirector• 2 eps
Welcome to Chippendales
TVDirector
2021
And Just Like That…
TVDirector
2020
The High Note
Director
#WombStories
Director
2019
Late Night
Director
Black Monday
TVDirector• 1 eps
2018
Half the Picture
as Self
2017
2016
Center Stage: On Pointe
Writer
Center Stage: On Pointe
Executive Producer
Better Things
TVDirector
Better Things
TVCo-Executive Producer
2015
2014
2013
The Hunters
Director
The Hunters
Executive Producer
Pete's Christmas
Director
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
TVDirector
2011
Shameless
TVDirector
2010
Haven
TVDirector
2008
Will You Merry Me?
Director
The Cheetah Girls: One World
Screenplay
2005
Bam Bam and Celeste
as Linda
Cake
Director
2003
Fast Food High
Director
Cosmopolitan
Director
2002
Bliss
TVDirector
2001
2000
The Acting Class
as Exotic Dancer
1998
Fairy Tale
Director of Photography



