Biography
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 Wi...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Freakier Friday
2025
Director
Years after Tess and Anna endured an identity crisis, Anna now has a daughter of her own and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. As they navigate the myriad ch...
#WombStories
2020
Director
Our #wombstories are never simple. But all of them – the weird and the wonderful; the happy and the sad – need to be heard.
The High Note
2020
Director
Set in the dazzling world of the LA music scene comes the story of Grace Davis, a superstar whose talent, and ego, have reached unbelievable heights. ...
Late Night
2019
Director
A legendary late-night talk show host's world is turned upside down when she hires her only female staff writer. Originally intended to smooth over di...
Half the Picture
2018
as Self
At a pivotal moment for gender equality in Hollywood, successful women directors talk about their art, lives and careers.
Center Stage: On Pointe
2016
Writer, Executive Producer
Jonathan Reeves is tasked with infusing more contemporary styles and modernism into the American Ballet Academy, and enlists his top choreographers Ch...
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
2014
Director, Writer
In the future, the gender disparity gap was addressed with a radical idea: keep boys and girls physically separate until the age of eighteen. In this ...
Pete's Christmas
2013
Director
An overlooked middle child finds himself in the unexpected spotlight when he realizes his family's terrible Christmas day keeps repeating. As the only...
The Hunters
2013
Director, Executive Producer
Imagine if all mythical artifacts, from Jason's Golden Fleece to Cinderella's glass slippers, were real. Well, they are -- and for centuries, a secret...
Will You Merry Me?
2008
Director
During Christmas and Hanukkah, Rebecca and Hank must go through the anxiety-filled process of meeting the in-laws while immersed in their future famil...
The Cheetah Girls: One World
2008
Screenplay
Chanel, Dorinda, and Aqua are off to India to star in a Bollywood movie. But when they discover that they will have to compete against each other to g...
Bam Bam and Celeste
2005
as Linda
Celeste and Bam Bam escape their Midwest hometown for New York, and take on their high-school nemeses - the dictators of the world-famous Salon Mirage...
Cake
2005
Director
A travel writer improves her love life when she becomes an editor for her father's wedding magazine.
Fast Food High
2003
Director
Fast Food High tells the story of Emma Redding, a young fast food restaurant employee who musters her inner Erin Brockovich and tries to start a union...
Cosmopolitan
2003
Director
A single bachelor, an oddly attractive neighbor and a popular women's magazine are the ingredients of this delicious romance that pays homage to class...
Chutney Popcorn
2001
as Reena
Reena is a young Indian American lesbian who lives and works in New York. Her sister Sarita, who is happily married, discovers that she is infertile. ...
Chutney Popcorn
2001
Director, Writer, Producer
Reena is a young Indian American lesbian who lives and works in New York. Her sister Sarita, who is happily married, discovers that she is infertile. ...
The Acting Class
2000
as Exotic Dancer
A comedy about an exceptionally dysfunctional acting class. Playing unsuspecting college students, Liz and Jill set off to find the most influential a...
Fairy Tale
1998
Director of Photography
Gay man brings his lover to meet his homophobic parents.
Untitled Boy Band Pic
N/A
Director
A feature about an Indian boy band.
Junky Punky Girlz
N/A
Director
A short, humorous film! One afternoon in the life of a young woman from the East Village in New York City... With the help of two of her friends, sh...