Nisha Ganatra

Nisha Ganatra
Born (1974-06-25) June 25, 1974 (age 50)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Alma materNew York University
Occupations
  • Actress
  • filmmaker
Years active1996–present

Nisha Ganatra (born June 25, 1974)[1] is a Canadian-American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actress of Indian descent. She wrote, directed, and produced the independent comedy drama Chutney Popcorn (1999) and later directed the independent film Cosmopolitan (2003) and the romantic-comedy Cake (2005). Ganatra has directed for numerous television shows, including The Real World, Transparent, You Me Her, Better Things, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. She also directed the comedy-dramas Late Night (2019) and The High Note (2020). Ganatra served as a consulting producer on the first season of Transparent,[2] for which she was nominated for the 2015 Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series.[3]

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  2. ^ Brodesser-Akner, Taffy (29 August 2014). "Can Jill Soloway Do Justice to the Trans Movement?". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "Nisha Ganatra". Television Academy. Retrieved 2021-01-06.