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Nisha Ganatra(I)

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Nisha Ganatra
Kevin Smith passes around the IMDb Snow Hat at Sundance 2019 to hear which celebrities certain stars would most love to be snowed in with. Idris Elba comes to mind for some.
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Nisha Ganatra is a Golden Globe winner and an Emmy nominee for her work as the Director/Producer of "Transparent." Recently she directed THE HIGH NOTE for Working Title and Focus Features, starring Tracee Ellis Ross, Ice Cube, June Diane Raphael, Dakota Johnson, and Kelvin Harrison Jr.

Ganatra's previous film LATE NIGHT, starring Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling, premiered at Sundance. It sold to Amazon in a record-breaking deal and garnered the highest streaming numbers of the year.

Her acclaimed debut feature CHUTNEY POPCORN, with Jill Hennessy and Sakina Jaffrey, won audience awards at the Berlin International Film Festival, Newport Film Festival, Outfest Los Angeles, and many more. Her sophomore feature COSMOPOLITAN, starring Carol Kane and Roshan Seth, premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival.

In television, Ganatra directed Liz Sarnoff's pilot, "Highland," and sold a drama project to ABC and a comedy pilot to NBC, with Amy Poehler producing. She was the Co-Executive Producer/Director for "Better Things" with Pamela Adlon and the Co-Executive Producer/Director on "You Me Her." She also created CODE ACADEMY for the ITVS/PBS series "FutureStates." Ganatra has directed episodes of "Girls," "Dear White People," "Future Man," "Mr. Robot," "Shameless," "Married," "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," "Last Man on Earth," "Love," and "Black Monday."
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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy

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Nisha Ganatra and Kirsten Schaffer
Shari Frilot, Nisha Ganatra, and Kirsten Schaffer
Shari Frilot, Nisha Ganatra, and Kirsten Schaffer
Nisha Ganatra in Late Night (2019)
Nisha Ganatra
Nisha Ganatra
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Known for

Chutney Popcorn (1999)
Chutney Popcorn
5.8
  • Director
  • 1999
Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling in Late Night (2019)
Late Night
6.5
  • Director
  • 2019
Gaby Hoffmann, Jay Duplass, Amy Landecker, Judith Light, and Alexandra Billings in Transparent (2014)
Transparent
7.8
TV Series
  • Director
Rachel Blanchard, Priscilla Faia, and Greg Poehler in You Me Her (2016)
You Me Her
7.0
TV Series
  • Director

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Director

  • Funny Girl
    • Pre-production
  • Deli Boys
    • In Production
  • Rise (2023)
    Rise
  • Juliette Lewis, Murray Bartlett, Robin de Jesus, Dan Stevens, Nicola Peltz Beckham, Annaleigh Ashford, and Kumail Nanjiani in Welcome to Chippendales (2022)
    Welcome to Chippendales
  • Brenda Song, Kat Dennings, Shay Mitchell, and Esther Povitsky in Dollface (2019)
    Dollface
  • Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in And Just Like That... (2021)
    And Just Like That...
  • Libresse/Bodyform: #wombstories
  • Dakota Johnson and Tracee Ellis Ross in The High Note (2020)
    The High Note
  • Don Cheadle, Regina Hall, Andrew Rannells, Paul Scheer, and Casey Wilson in Black Monday (2019)
    Black Monday
  • Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling in Late Night (2019)
    Late Night
  • Will Forte and Kristen Schaal in The Last Man on Earth (2015)
    The Last Man on Earth
  • Dirk Blocker, Andre Braugher, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero, Joe Lo Truglio, Joel McKinnon Miller, Andy Samberg, and Stephanie Beatriz in Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
    Brooklyn Nine-Nine
  • Paul Rust and Gillian Jacobs in Love (2016)
    Love
  • Future Man (2017)
    Future Man
  • John Michael Higgins, Andrea Martin, Horatio Sanz, Adam Campbell, Nicole Richie, and Briga Heelan in Great News (2017)
    Great News
  • Lucille Soong, Randall Park, Constance Wu, Forrest Wheeler, Ian Chen, and Hudson Yang in Fresh Off the Boat (2015)
    Fresh Off the Boat
  • Dear White People (2017)
    Dear White People

Producer

  • Deli Boys
    • In Production
  • Pamela Adlon in Better Things (2016)
    Better Things
  • Rachel Blanchard, Priscilla Faia, and Greg Poehler in You Me Her (2016)
    You Me Her
  • Gaby Hoffmann, Jay Duplass, Amy Landecker, Judith Light, and Alexandra Billings in Transparent (2014)
    Transparent
  • Code Academy (2014)
    Code Academy
  • Pete's Christmas (2013)
    Pete's Christmas
  • Michelle Forbes, Victor Garber, Alexa PenaVega, Robbie Amell, and Keenan Tracey in The Hunters (2013)
    The Hunters
  • The First Date (2012)
    The First Date
  • Margaret Cho: Cho Dependent (2011)
    Margaret Cho: Cho Dependent
  • Margaret Cho: Beautiful (2009)
    Margaret Cho: Beautiful
  • Margaret Cho: CHO Revolution (2004)
    Margaret Cho: CHO Revolution
  • Hummer
  • Kiss It Up to God
  • Chutney Popcorn (1999)
    Chutney Popcorn
  • The Kinsey 3
  • Drown Soda

Writer

  • Peter Gallagher, Ethan Stiefel, Kenny Wormald, Nicole Muñoz, and Chloe Lukasiak in Center Stage: On Pointe (2016)
    Center Stage: On Pointe
  • Code Academy (2014)
    Code Academy
  • Futurestates (2010)
    Futurestates
  • The Cheetah Girls: One World (2008)
    The Cheetah Girls: One World
  • Chutney Popcorn (1999)
    Chutney Popcorn
  • Drown Soda
  • Junky Punky Girlz
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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Mindy Kaling's 'Late Night' Squad Storms Sundance
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Mindy Kaling's 'Late Night' Squad Storms Sundance

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