Nisha Ganatra
Nisha Ganatra (born June 25, 1974 in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada ) is a Canadian film director , actress and screenwriter .
Life
Nisha Ganatra was born in Canada but grew up in Los Angeles . She has Indian roots: her mother came from New Delhi and her father from Bombay . As a child, her interest in American films was aroused, especially love films and screwball comedies aroused her interest. She studied film directing at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University .
Her debut feature film, Chutney Popcorn, about lesbian lovers in New York, played by Jill Hennessy and herself who wants a child, was also her breakthrough. She reached 3rd place in the Panorama Audience Award at the Berlinale 2000 and won the audience awards at the Newport Film Festival , the Paris International Lesbian and Feminist Film Festival and the Madrid International Film Festival, as well as the Outfest Los Angeles film award, the San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festivals and Munich Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
In 2003 she released her second feature film, Cosmopolitan , which was shown at the South by Southwest Festival. It was also shown as the only narrative film at the International Public Television Screening Conference .
In addition to her movies, she also shot for television. So she shot some episodes of television series such as Mr. Robot , Shameless and Haven . She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy and won a PGA Award for her work on the Amazon video series Transparent .
Private life
Nisha Ganatra is openly homosexual, which can also be seen in some of her films and series episodes, which often take up topics and motifs from the LBGT community.
Filmography (selection)
- Director
- 1999: Chutney Popcorn (also production, screenplay and leading role)
- 2001: The Real World (four episodes)
- 2003: Fast Food High
- 2003: Cosmopolitan (TV movie)
- 2005: Wedding Bells
- 2013: The Hunters - Hunting for the lost mirror (The Hunters)
- 2013: Again and again Christmas (Pete's Christmas) (TV movie)
- 2014: Transparent (three episodes, production)
- 2016: You Me Her (TV series) (also production)
- 2016: Better Things (TV series, four episodes, also production)
- 2017: Future Man (TV series)
- 2017: Dear White People (TV series, two episodes)
- Producer
- 1999: The Kinsey 3 (TV movie)
- 2000: Kiss It Up God
- 2004: Margaret Cho : CHO Revolution
- 2009: Margaret Cho: Beautiful
- 2011: Margaret Cho: Cho Deoendent
- script
- 2008: The Cheetah Girls: One World
- 2016: Center Stage: On Point
- actress
- 2000: The Acting Class
- 2005: Bam Bam and Celeste
- 2007: Don't Go
- 2011: Small, Beautifully Moving Parts
- 2015: The Real Reason Women Don't Direct More Action Movies (TV movie)
Web links
- Nisha Ganatra in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ GANATRA WHIPS UP LIGHT `CHUTNEY POPCORN ' . In: Boston Globe . June 9, 2000 ( highbeam.com ). GANATRA WHIPS UP LIGHT `CHUTNEY POPCORN ' ( Memento of the original dated December 29, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Nisha Ganatra. NYU TABLE, accessed December 27, 2017 .
- ^ INPUT's Output: International Public Television Celebrated Amidst Creativity and Crisis. Legacy Documentary, accessed December 27, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ganatra, Nisha |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian film director, actress and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 25, 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada |