Joyce Chopra
Known for: Directing
Born: October 27, 1936
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
35 movies · 7 TV shows, newest first
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This Is a Film About My Mother
2022
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Gramercy Stories
2008
7.1
Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
2006
5.5
Hollywood Wives: The New Generation
2003
6.2
The Last Cowboy
2003
7.6
Everwood
2002
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
7.2
Crossing Jordan
2001
5.9
Blonde
2001
6.3
Rip Girls
2000
6.0
The Lady in Question
1999
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
6.4
Replacing Dad
1999
6.1
Murder in a Small Town
1999
6.7
Convictions
1997
5.3
L.A. Johns
1997
7.0
My Very Best Friend
1996
7.0
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
1995
4.7
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
19948.0
Angel Falls
1993
5.8
The Disappearance of Nora
1993
3.9
The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story
1992
6.7
Baby Snatcher
1992
5.1
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
1991
5.1
The Lemon Sisters
1989
9.0
Calling the Shots
1988
6.2
Smooth Talk
1985
6.6
American Playhouse
1982
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Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom
1981
6.0
Martha Clarke Light & Dark: A Dancer’s Journal
1980NR
Sally Garcia and Family
1978NR
That Our Children Would Not Die
1978
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Clorae and Albie
1975
6.0
Girls at 12
1975NR
Matina Horner: Portrait of a Person
1973
6.4
Joyce at 34
1972
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Marathon
1965
5.9
A Happy Mother's Day
1963
6.0
Dead Birds
1963
7.5
The Chair
1963
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Blackie
1962
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Nehru
1962