Nisha Ganatra

Nisha Ganatra is an Emmy nominee and Golden Globe winner for her work as the Director/Producer of ‘Transparent.’ Currently Nisha is directing the feature film “Late Night” starring Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson. She is writing a one-hour pilot script for ABC and recently sold a half-hour pilot to NBC/UTV with Amy Poehler producing. She was the Co-Executive Producer/Director ‘Better Things’ and she was the Co-Executive Producer/Director for ‘You Me Her’ Nisha’s acclaimed début feature, Chutney Popcorn with Jill Hennessy, won Audience Awards at the Berlin International Film Festival, Newport Film Festival, Outfest Los Angeles, Frameline The San Francisco Gay and Lesbian film festival and many more. Her sophomore feature, Cosmopolitan starring Carol Kane and Roshan Seth, premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival and was selected by Input as one of the top ten films shown on public television. It was the only narrative film chosen for this distinction. Nisha wrote and directed Beholder and Code Academy for the ITVS/PBS series FUTURESTATES, a modern day TWILIGHT ZONE series. Both films screened at the Tribeca Film Festival and South By Southwest Film Festival. Nisha has directed episodes of Mr. Robot, GIRLS, Last Man on Earth, Transparent, Shameless, Red Oaks, The Mindy Project, Dear White People, Brooklyn 99 and Love.