Director
Nisha Ganatra
June 25, 1974 · 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.
Notable work
8.3Mr. Robot (2015)
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8.2Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
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8.2Shameless (2011)
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6.9The Last Man on Earth (2015)
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6.4Late Night (2019)
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6.8Freakier Friday (2025)
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7.1Future Man (2017)
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7.2And Just Like That… (2021)
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7.5Haven (2010)
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7The High Note (2020)
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5.6The Hunters (2013)
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Often works with
June Diane Raphael
3 titles together
Freakier Friday, The High Note, Black Monday
Marc Evan Jackson
2 titles together
Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The High Note
Mindy Kaling
2 titles together
Late Night, The Mindy Project
Ike Barinholtz
2 titles together
Late Night, The Mindy Project
Rosalind Chao
2 titles together
Freakier Friday, Better Things
Beth Grant
2 titles together
The Mindy Project, Dollface
Full filmography · 34
Deli Boys
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20256
Clean Slate
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2025
Welcome to Chippendales
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20226.5
And Just Like That…
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20217.2
Dollface
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20197
Black Monday
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20196.8
Future Man
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20177.1
Dear White People
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20175.9
Great News
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20176.6
Better Things
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20167.2
Mr. Robot
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20158.3
The Last Man on Earth
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20156.9