Cast & creator
Nisha Ganatra
Best known for Shameless, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Mr. Robot
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.
28
film credits
27
television credits
4
1998–2026 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (55)
Showing 55 of 55 credits
Shameless
Director
2011
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Director
2013
Mr. Robot
Director
2015
The Mindy Project
Director
2012
Fresh Off the Boat
Director
2015
Haven
Director
2010
And Just Like That…
Director
2021
The Last Man on Earth
Director
2015
Future Man
Director
2017
Black Monday
Director
2019
Transparent
Director
2014Transparent
Consulting Producer
2014
Better Things
Director
2016Better Things
Co-Executive Producer
2016
Great News
Director
2017
Dollface
Director
2019
Freakier Friday
Director
2025
Red Oaks
Director
2014
Dear White People
Director
2017
Deli Boys
Executive Producer
2025Deli Boys
Director
2025
Welcome to Chippendales
Director
2022
You Me Her
Director
2016
The High Note
Director
2020
Clean Slate
Director
2025
Bliss
Director
2002
Late Night
Director
2019
Unaccustomed Earth
Executive Producer
2026Unaccustomed Earth
Director
2026Unaccustomed Earth
Creator
2026
The Cheetah Girls: One World
Screenplay
2008
The Hunters
Director
2013The Hunters
Executive Producer
2013
Chutney Popcorn
Reena
2001Chutney Popcorn
Director
2001Chutney Popcorn
Producer
2001Chutney Popcorn
Writer
2001
Will You Merry Me?
Director
2008
Cake
Director
2005
Center Stage: On Pointe
Writer
2016Center Stage: On Pointe
Executive Producer
2016
Pete's Christmas
Director
2013
Bam Bam and Celeste
Linda
2005
Fairy Tale
Director of Photography
1998
#WombStories
Director
2020
The Acting Class
Exotic Dancer
2000
Half the Picture
Self
2018Cosmopolitan
Director
2003
Fast Food High
Director
2003
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
Director
2014FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
Writer
2014Untitled Boy Band Pic
Director
Junky Punky Girlz
Director
Junky Punky Girlz
Writer
Junky Punky Girlz
Editor