Joyce Chopra

Directing·Oct 27, 1936·New York City, New York, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
This Is a Film About My Mother2022 · Anne	Anne
Gramercy Stories2008 · Director	Director
Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front2006 · Director	Director
Hollywood Wives: The New Generation2003 · Director	Director
The Last Cowboy2003 · Director	Director
Rip Girls2000 · Director	Director
The Lady in Question1999 · Director	Director
Replacing Dad1999 · Director	Director
Murder in a Small Town1999 · Director	Director
Convictions1997 · Director	Director
L.A. Johns1997 · Director	Director
My Very Best Friend1996 · Director	Director
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan1995 · Director	Director
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face1994 · Director	Director
The Disappearance of Nora1993 · Director	Director
The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story1992 · Director	Director
Baby Snatcher1992 · Director	Director
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story1991 · Director	Director
The Lemon Sisters1989 · Director	Director
Calling the Shots1988 · Self	Self
Smooth Talk1985 · Director	Director
Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom1981 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Martha Clarke Light & Dark: A Dancer’s Journal1980 · Director	Director
SSally Garcia and Family1978 · Director	Director
TThat Our Children Would Not Die1978 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Clorae and Albie1975 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Girls at 121975 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
MMatina Horner: Portrait of a Person1973 · Director	Director
Joyce at 341972 · Self, Director, Writer	Self, Director, Writer
Marathon1965 · Director	Director
A Happy Mother's Day1963 · Director	Director