Joyce Chopra
Directing
1936-10-27 · New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
This Is a Film About My Mother
2022 · Movie
Gramercy Stories
2008 · Movie
Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
2006 · Movie
Hollywood Wives: The New Generation
2003 · Movie
The Last Cowboy
2003 · Movie
Everwood
2002 · Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Series
Crossing Jordan
2001 · Series
Blonde
2001 · Series
Rip Girls
2000 · Movie
The Lady in Question
1999 · Movie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
Replacing Dad
1999 · Movie
Murder in a Small Town
1999 · Movie
Convictions
1997 · Movie
L.A. Johns
1997 · Movie
My Very Best Friend
1996 · Movie
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
1995 · Movie
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
1994 · Movie
Angel Falls
1993 · Series
The Disappearance of Nora
1993 · Movie
The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story
1992 · Movie
Baby Snatcher
1992 · Movie
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
1991 · Movie
The Lemon Sisters
1989 · Movie
Calling the Shots
1988 · Movie
Smooth Talk
1985 · Movie
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom
1981 · Movie
Martha Clarke Light & Dark: A Dancer’s Journal
1980 · Movie
Sally Garcia and Family
1978 · Movie
That Our Children Would Not Die
1978 · Movie
Clorae and Albie
1975 · Movie
Girls at 12
1975 · Movie
Matina Horner: Portrait of a Person
1973 · Movie
Joyce at 34
1972 · Movie
Marathon
1965 · Movie
A Happy Mother's Day
1963 · Movie
Dead Birds
1963 · Movie
The Chair
1963 · Movie
Blackie
1962 · Movie
Nehru
1962 · Movie