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Nisha Ganatra

Canadian film director and actress · Canada · On the map · Directors · Born 1974 · age 52

Nisha Ganatra is a Canadian-American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actress of Indian descent. She wrote, directed, and produced the independent comedy drama Chutney Popcorn (1999) and later directed the independent film Cosmopolitan (2003) and the romantic-comedy Cake (2005).

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2026Unaccustomed EarthSeries, Director, Creator2025Clean SlateSeries, DirectorFreakier FridayFilm, 2025Director2021And Just Like That…Series, Director2020#WombStoriesFilm, DirectorThe High NoteFilm, 2020Director2019Black MondaySeries, DirectorLate NightFilm, 2019Director2018Half the PictureFilm2016Better ThingsSeries, DirectorCenter Stage: On PointeFilm, 2016Writer, Producer2015Fresh Off the BoatSeries, Director2014FUTURESTATES: Code AcademyFilm, Director, Writer2013Brooklyn Nine-NineSeries, DirectorPete's ChristmasFilm, 2013Director2012The Mindy ProjectSeries, Director2010HavenSeries, Director2008The Cheetah Girls: One WorldFilm, Writer2005Bam Bam and CelesteFilm, Linda2003CosmopolitanFilm, DirectorFast Food HighFilm, 2003Director2002BlissSeries, Director2001Chutney PopcornFilm, Director, Writer2000The Acting ClassFilm, Exotic Dancer1974Born25 June 1974

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  • The High Note 2020
  • Freakier Friday 2025
  • Late Night 2019
  • Center Stage: On Pointe 2016
  • The Cheetah Girls: One World 2008

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Television 22

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Ganatra has directed for numerous television shows, including The Real World, Transparent, You Me Her, Better Things, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. She also directed the comedy-dramas Late Night (2019) and The High Note (2020). Ganatra served as a consulting producer on the first season of Transparent, for which she was nominated for the 2015 Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series. She directed Freakier Friday, the sequel to Disney's 2003 film starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan, which was released in theaters on August 8, 2025.

Country
Canada
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1974 · age 52

In the same film or series as Nisha

Chris NothAlso in The Acting Class (2000)Zachary GordonAlso in Pete's Christmas (2013)Nick ChinlundAlso in Chutney Popcorn (2001)Cynthia StevensonAlso in Will You Merry Me? (2008)Dan PayneAlso in The Hunters (2013)