
Joyce Chopra
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 27, 1936 (age 90)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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.
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Filmography

Gramercy Stories
Movie · Director

Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
Movie · Director

Hollywood Wives: The New Generation
Movie · Director

The Last Cowboy
Movie · Director

Everwood
TV · Director · 2 eps

Crossing Jordan
TV · Director · 1 ep

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV · Director · 2 eps

Blonde
TV · Director · 2 eps

Rip Girls
Movie · Director

Murder in a Small Town
Movie · Director

Replacing Dad
Movie · Director

The Lady in Question
Movie · Director

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · Director · 1 ep

L.A. Johns
Movie · Director

Convictions
Movie · Director

My Very Best Friend
Movie · Director

Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
Movie · Director

The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
Movie · Director

The Disappearance of Nora
Movie · Director
Angel Falls
TV · Director · 5 eps

The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story
Movie · Director

Baby Snatcher
Movie · Director

Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
Movie · Director

The Lemon Sisters
Movie · Director

Smooth Talk
Movie · Director

American Playhouse
TV · Director · 1 ep

Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom
Movie · Director

Martha Clarke Light & Dark: A Dancer’s Journal
Movie · Director
Sally Garcia and Family
Movie · Director
That Our Children Would Not Die
Movie · Director

Girls at 12
Movie · Director

Clorae and Albie
Movie · Director
Matina Horner: Portrait of a Person
Movie · Director

Joyce at 34
Movie · Director

Marathon
Movie · Director

A Happy Mother's Day
Movie · Director


