Nisha Ganatra

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.

Contents

• Futurestates beholder director nisha ganatra itvs
• Interview with filmmaker nisha ganatra
• Films
• TV series
• Actress
• Screenwriter
• Producer
• References

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