
Nisha Ganatra
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- June 25, 1974
- Birthplace
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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

Junky Punky Girlz TBA
Director, Writer, Editor
- Untitled Boy Band Pic
Untitled Boy Band Pic TBA
Director

Freakier Friday 2025
Director

#WombStories 2020
Director

The High Note 2020
Director

Late Night 2019
Director

Half the Picture 2018
as Self

Center Stage: On Pointe 2016
Writer, Executive Producer

FUTURESTATES: Code Academy 2014
Director, Writer

Pete's Christmas 2013
Director

The Hunters 2013
Director, Executive Producer

Will You Merry Me? 2008
Director

The Cheetah Girls: One World 2008
Screenplay

Bam Bam and Celeste 2005
as Linda

Cake 2005
Director

Fast Food High 2003
Director
- Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan 2003
Director

Chutney Popcorn 2001
as Reena, Director, Writer, Producer

The Acting Class 2000
as Exotic Dancer

Fairy Tale 1998
Director of Photography
Credits from TMDB.