Nisha Ganatra

Nisha Ganatra

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Director Writer

Nisha Ganatra is a film director, film producer, screenwriter and actress of Indian ancestry. She is best known for her films Chutney Popcorn (1999) and Cosmopolitan (2003), and for being a consulting producer on, and directing three episodes of, the first season of the Golden Globe–winning 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. She is openly lesbian. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nisha Ganatra, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Chutney Popcorn
🎞️
★ 5.8
Chutney Popcorn
1999
Transparent
📺
★ 7.8
Transparent
2014
You Me Her
📺
★ 7.0
You Me Her
2016
Late Night
🎞️
★ 6.5
Late Night
2019

Filmography

🎬
📺
Unaccustomed Earth
2026 Director
Freakier Friday
🎞️
★ 6.2
Freakier Friday
2025 Director
Deli Boys
📺
★ 7.2
Deli Boys
2025 Director
Clean Slate
📺
★ 6.6
Clean Slate
2025 Director
Dear Edward
📺
★ 7.1
Dear Edward
2023 Director
🎬
🎞️
Rise
2023 Director
Welcome to Chippendales
📺
★ 7.3
Welcome to Chippendales
2022 Director
And Just Like That...
📺
★ 5.6
And Just Like That...
2021 Director
The High Note
🎞️
★ 6.4
The High Note
2020 Director
Late Night
🎞️
★ 6.5
Late Night
2019 Director
Dollface
📺
★ 7.3
Dollface
2019 Director
Black Monday
📺
★ 7.4
Black Monday
2019 Director
🎬
🎞️
Highland
2018 Director
Future Man
📺
★ 7.6
Future Man
2017 Director
Dear White People
📺
★ 6.3
Dear White People
2017 Director
Great News
📺
★ 7.0
Great News
2017 Director
Love
📺
★ 7.6
Love
2016 Director
Better Things
📺
★ 7.9
Better Things
2016 Director
You Me Her
📺
★ 7.0
You Me Her
2016 Director
Center Stage: On Pointe
🎞️
★ 5.7
Center Stage: On Pointe
2016 Writer
Mr. Robot
📺
★ 8.5
Mr. Robot
2015 Director
The Last Man on Earth
📺
★ 7.4
The Last Man on Earth
2015 Director
Fresh Off the Boat
📺
★ 7.7
Fresh Off the Boat
2015 Director
🎬
🎞️
The Real Reason Women Don't Direct More Action Movies
2015 Actress
Transparent
📺
★ 7.8
Transparent
2014 Director
Red Oaks
📺
★ 7.9
Red Oaks
2014 Director
Married
📺
★ 7.1
Married
2014 Director
Code Academy
🎞️
★ 6.6
Code Academy
2014 Director Writer
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
📺
★ 8.4
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013 Director
The Hunters
🎞️
★ 4.9
The Hunters
2013 Director
Pete's Christmas
🎞️
★ 6.0
Pete's Christmas
2013 Director
The Dream Share Project
🎞️
The Dream Share Project
2013 Self
Girls
📺
★ 7.4
Girls
2012 Director
The Mindy Project
📺
★ 7.5
The Mindy Project
2012 Director
Shameless
📺
★ 8.5
Shameless
2011 Director
Haven
📺
★ 7.5
Haven
2010 Director
Futurestates
📺
★ 7.0
Futurestates
2010 Director Writer
Big Time Rush
📺
★ 6.6
Big Time Rush
2009 Director
The Cheetah Girls: One World
🎞️
★ 4.7
The Cheetah Girls: One World
2008 Writer
🎬
🎞️
★ 7.6
Don't Go
2007 Actress
Cake
🎞️
★ 4.9
Cake
2005 Director
Unfabulous
📺
★ 6.3
Unfabulous
2004 Director
Fast Food High
🎞️
★ 5.3
Fast Food High
2003 Director
Cosmopolitan
🎞️
★ 7.5
Cosmopolitan
2003 Director
Chutney Popcorn
🎞️
★ 5.8
Chutney Popcorn
1999 Actress Director Writer
Independent Lens
📺
★ 8.1
Independent Lens
1999 Director
The Challenge
📺
★ 8.1
The Challenge
1998 Director
Fairy Tale
🎞️
★ 5.9
Fairy Tale
1998 Cinematographer
🎬
🎞️
Double D
1998 Cinematographer
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.3
Drown Soda
1997 Director Writer
🎬
🎞️
★ 8.1
Junky Punky Girlz
1996 Director Writer
🎬
📺
Real People
Director
🎬
🎞️
Untitled Nisha Ganatra Matchmaking Comedy Project
Director Writer
🎬
🎞️
Much Ado
Director
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