Nisha Ganatra’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Canadian film director and actress
A.K.A. Nisha Kumari Ganatra
Is Actor 
Film director 
From Canada 
Type Film, TV, Stage & Radio 
Gender female
Birth 25 June 1974, Vancouver, Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Age: 46 years

Nisha Ganatra (born in Vancouver, British Columbia) 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.

Major filmography

Director

Films

  • Chutney Popcorn (1999)
  • Cosmopolitan (2003)
  • Fast Food High (2003)
  • Cake (2005)
  • The Hunters (2013) (TV)
  • Pete’s Christmas (2013) (TV)
  • Code Academy (2014)

TV series

  • The Real World: Back to New York (2001) (4 episodes)
  • The Real World/Road Rules: Battle of the Seasons (2002) (1 episode)
  • Futurestates (2011) (1 episode)
  • Haven (2012) (1 episode)
  • Big Time Rush (2012) (1 episode)
  • Transparent (2014) (3 episodes)
  • The Mindy Project (2015) (1 episode)
  • Mr. Robot (2015) (1 episode)
  • Married (2015) (3 episodes)
  • Red Oaks (2015) (2 episodes)
  • Shameless (2016) (1 episode)
  • Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2016) (1 episode)
  • You Me Her (2016) (all)
  • Better Things (2016) (3 episodes)
  • Girls (2017) (1 episode)
  • Dear White People (2017) (2 episodes)
  • Fresh Off The Boat (2017) (1 episode)

Actress

  • Chutney Popcorn (1999) as Reena
  • The Acting Class (2000) as Exotic Dancer
  • Bam Bam and Celeste (2005) as Linda
  • Don’t Go (2007) (TV) as Shanti
  • Small, Beautifully Moving Parts (2011) as Mother

Screenwriter

  • Chutney Popcorn (1999, with Susan Carnival)
  • Futurestates (2011) (TV series, 1 episode)
  • Center Stage: On Pointe (2016)

Producer

  • Chutney Popcorn (1999), producer
  • Margaret Cho: Beautiful (2009), field producer
  • Cho Dependent (2011), field producer
  • The Hunters (2013) (TV), executive producer
  • Pete’s Christmas (2013) (TV), executive producer
  • Transparent (2014) (TV series, 10 episodes), consulting producer
  • You Me Her (2016) (TV series, 10 episodes), co-executive producer
  • Better Things (2016) (TV series, 9 episodes), co-executive producer
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