Nisha Ganatra also appeared in front of the camera performing in iChutney Popcorni with a hrefhttpwwwnorthernstarscahennessyjacquelineJill Hennessya and in a movie directed by Hennessy in 2000 titled iThe Acting Classi Before making films Ganatra worked as a personal assistant to Tom Arnold and Roseanne and worked with Lucasfilms THX department on iSchindlers Listi and iWhen a Man Loves a Womani iJunkyPunkyGirlzi the short Nisha directed while at New York Universitys Graduate Film School has won many awards including NYUs prestigious Tisch Fellowship and the PBS series Grand Prize for Most Outstanding Short Film of the year While at NYU Nisha studied with directors Spike Lee Martin Scorsese and Barbara Kopple She is the recipient of the Warner Brothers Production Award for her film work at NYU Her acclaimed 2014 series emTransparentem won a Golden Globe for best television series musical or comedy and also received numerous Emmy nominations Her film emLate Nightem was selected for its World Premiere at Sundance 2019br br Also see a hrefhttpwwwnorthernstarscacanconatsundance2019Cancon at Sundance 2019abr br br
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
Junky Punky Girlz (1996)
Drown Soda (1997)
Chutney Popcorn (1999)
Fast Food High (2003)
Cosmopolitain (TV-2003)
Cake (2005)
Will You Marry Me (TV-2008)
Beholder (2011, short)
The Hunters (TV-2013)
Pete’s Christmas (TV-2013)
Code Academy (2014, short)
Late Night (2019)
The High Note (2020)
Libresse/Bodyform: #wombstories (VR-2020, short)
TV Series – at least 1 episode of:
The Real World (1997-2003)
Unfabulous (2004)
America’s Next Top Model (2011)
Futurestates (2011)
Haven (2012)
Big Time Rush (2012)
Transparent (2014)
The Mindy Project (2015)
Mr. Robot (2015)
Married (2015)
Red Oaks (2015)
Shameless (2016)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2016, 2018)
You Me Her (2016)
Better Things (2016)
Girls (2017)
Dear White People (2017)
Fresh Off the Boat (2017)
Great News (2017)
Future Man (2017)
Last Man on Earth (2017, 2018)
Love (2018)
Black Monday (2019)
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