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
all 42
Movies 36
Director 34
TV Shows 6
self 4
Producer 1
Anne Reed
This Is a Film About My Mother (2022)
Movie
Self
Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart (2014)
Movie
Self
For the Love of the Music: The Club 47 Folk Revival (2012)
Movie
Director
Gramercy Stories (2008)
Movie
Director
Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front (2006)
Movie
10
Director
Hollywood Wives: The New Generation (2003)
Movie
Director
The Last Cowboy (2003)
Movie
Director
Everwood (2002)
TV
7
Director
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
TV
7.5
Director
Crossing Jordan (2001)
TV
5.95
Creator / Director
Blonde (2001)
TV
Director
Rip Girls (2000)
Movie
6
Director
The Lady in Question (1999)
Movie
Director
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
TV
6.19
Director
Replacing Dad (1999)
Movie
Director
Murder in a Small Town (1999)
Movie
Director
Convictions (1997)
Movie
Director
L.A. Johns (1997)
Movie
Director
My Very Best Friend (1996)
Movie
Director
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan (1995)
Movie
Director
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face (1994)
Movie
Director
Angel Falls (1993)
TV
Director
The Disappearance of Nora (1993)
Movie
Director
The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story (1992)
Movie
Director
Baby Snatcher (1992)
Movie
Director
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story (1991)
Movie
Director
The Lemon Sisters (1989)
Movie
Self
Calling the Shots (1988)
Movie
Director
Smooth Talk (1985)
Movie
Director
Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom (1981)
Movie
Director
Martha Clarke Light & Dark: A Dancer’s Journal (1980)
Movie
Director
Sally Garcia and Family (1978)
Movie
Director
That Our Children Would Not Die (1978)
Movie
Director
Clorae and Albie (1975)
Movie
Director
Girls at 12 (1975)
Movie
Director
Matina Horner: Portrait of a Person (1973)
Movie
Self
Joyce at 34 (1972)
Movie
Director
Marathon (1965)
Movie
Director
A Happy Mother's Day (1963)
Movie
Sound Editor
Dead Birds (1963)
Movie
Editor
The Chair (1963)
Movie
Producer
My Beautiful Nicaragua: A Short Documentary About Climate Change
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.3
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Known ForDirecting
GenderFemale
Birthday1936-10-27
Deathday2009-02-23 (72 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
RelationshipsTom Cole (1969-01-01 - 2009-02-23)
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsSundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award
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