- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- October 27, 1936
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
Joyce Chopra
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
movieThis Is a Film About My Mother
2022 · Anne
movieGramercy Stories
2008 · Director
movieMolly: An American Girl on the Home Front
2006 · Director
movieHollywood Wives: The New Generation
2003 · Director
movieThe Last Cowboy
2003 · Director
tvEverwood
2002 · Director
tvLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Director
tvCrossing Jordan
2001 · Director
tvBlonde
2001 · Director, Creator
movieRip Girls
2000 · Director
movieThe Lady in Question
1999 · Director
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Director
movieReplacing Dad
1999 · Director
movieMurder in a Small Town
1999 · Director
movieConvictions
1997 · Director
movieL.A. Johns
1997 · Director
movieMy Very Best Friend
1996 · Director
movieDeadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
1995 · Director
movieThe Corpse Had a Familiar Face
1994 · Director
Angel Falls
tvAngel Falls
1993 · Director
movieThe Disappearance of Nora
1993 · Director
movieThe Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story
1992 · Director
movieBaby Snatcher
1992 · Director
movieMurder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
1991 · Director
movieThe Lemon Sisters
1989 · Director
movieCalling the Shots
1988 · Self
movieSmooth Talk
1985 · Director
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982 · Director
movieMusic Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom
1981 · Editor, Director, Producer
movieMartha Clarke Light & Dark: A Dancer’s Journal
1980 · Director
Sally Garcia and Family
movieSally Garcia and Family
1978 · Director
That Our Children Would Not Die
movieThat Our Children Would Not Die
1978 · Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
movieClorae and Albie
1975 · Producer, Editor, Director
movieGirls at 12
1975 · Director, Editor, Producer
Matina Horner: Portrait of a Person
movieMatina Horner: Portrait of a Person
1973 · Director
movieJoyce at 34
1972 · Self, Director, Writer
movieMarathon
1965 · Director
movieA Happy Mother's Day
1963 · Director
movieDead Birds
1963 · Sound Editor
movieThe Chair
1963 · Editor
movieBlackie
1962 · Editor
movieNehru
1962 · Editor