Joyce Chopra
Directing · Born 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.
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As director
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
Rip Girls 2000
Director
The Lady in Question 1999
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Replacing Dad 1999
Director
Murder in a Small Town 1999
Director
Convictions 1997
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L.A. Johns 1997
Director
My Very Best Friend 1996
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Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan 1995
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The Corpse Had a Familiar Face 1994
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The Disappearance of Nora 1993
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The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story 1992
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Baby Snatcher 1992
Director
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story 1991
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The Lemon Sisters 1990
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Smooth Talk 1985
Director
Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom 1981
Director
Martha Clarke Light & Dark: A Dancer’s Journal 1980
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Sally Garcia and Family 1978
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That Our Children Would Not Die 1978
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Clorae and Albie 1975
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Girls at 12 1975
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Matina Horner: Portrait of a Person 1973
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Joyce at 34 1972
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Marathon 1965
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A Happy Mother's Day 1963
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