Nisha Ganatra attends the UK premiere of Freakier Friday on July 31, 2025, in London. A board member of Women in Film, Ganatra says she worries that the recent gains women directors have made may disappear. Share Save for later Please log in to bookmark this story. Log In Create Free Account

Growing up in Vancouver, Nisha Ganatra, now an acclaimed director, nearly wore holes in her Freaky Friday DVD, so often did she and her friends watch it in the early ’00s.

“We all thought we were Lindsay Lohan,” said Ganatra, who has an open face and a voice full of laughter, in a video interview from her home in Los Angeles. As a teenager, she played guitar like Lohan does in the film. She even joined a band. “Eventually I realized I was never going to be her, so I found o

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