Joyce Chopra
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderFemale
Birthday27 October 1936 (89 years old)
Place of birthNew York City, New York, USA
Known credits42
Biography
Joyce Chopra is an American director and writer of feature films and television. Chopra graduated from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. Chopra was married to American stage and screenwriter Tom Cole until he died on February 23, 2009. Her first narrative feature-length film, Smooth Talk (1985), won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Director and Grand Jury Prize at the 1985 Sundance Film Festival. The film is an adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates' 1966 short story, Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?, and was adapted by her husband, Tom Cole.
This Is a Film About My Mother
2022 · Anne
Gramercy Stories
2008 · Director
Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
2006 · Director
Hollywood Wives: The New Generation
2003 · Director
The Last Cowboy
2003 · Director
Everwood
2002 · Director
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Director
Crossing Jordan
2001 · Director
Blonde
2001 · Director
Blonde
2001 · Creator
Rip Girls
2000 · Director
The Lady in Question
1999 · Director
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Director
Replacing Dad
1999 · Director
Murder in a Small Town
1999 · Director
Convictions
1997 · Director
L.A. Johns
1997 · Director
My Very Best Friend
1996 · Director
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
1995 · Director
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
1994 · Director
Angel Falls
1993 · Director
The Disappearance of Nora
1993 · Director
The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story
1992 · Director
Baby Snatcher
1992 · Director
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
1991 · Director
The Lemon Sisters
1989 · Director
Calling the Shots
1988 · Self
Smooth Talk
1985 · Director
American Playhouse
1982 · Director
Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom
1981 · Editor
Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom
1981 · Director
Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom
1981 · Producer
Martha Clarke Light & Dark: A Dancer’s Journal
1980 · Director
Sally Garcia and Family
1978 · Director
That Our Children Would Not Die
1978 · Director
That Our Children Would Not Die
1978 · Writer
That Our Children Would Not Die
1978 · Editor
That Our Children Would Not Die
1978 · Producer
Clorae and Albie
1975 · Producer
Clorae and Albie
1975 · Editor
Clorae and Albie
1975 · Director
Girls at 12
1975 · Producer
Girls at 12
1975 · Editor
Girls at 12
1975 · Director
Matina Horner: Portrait of a Person
1973 · Director
Joyce at 34
1972 · Self
Joyce at 34
1972 · Writer
Joyce at 34
1972 · Director
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