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.
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Movies (35)

This Is a Film About My Mother
2022 · Anne

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

Volver a Hawai
2000 · Director

The Lady in Question
1999 · Director

Replacing Dad
1999 · Director

Murder in a Small Town
1999 · Director

Convictions
1997 · Director

L.A. Johns
1997 · Director

My Very Best Friend
1996 · Director

Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
1995 · Director

The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
1994 · Director

The Disappearance of Nora
1993 · Director

The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story
1992 · Director

Baby Snatcher
1992 · Director

Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
1991 · Director

The Lemon Sisters
1989 · Director

Calling the Shots
1988 · Self

Smooth Talk
1985 · Director

Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom
1981 · Director, Producer, Editor

Martha Clarke Light & Dark: A Dancer’s Journal
1980 · Director
Sally Garcia and Family
1978 · Director
That Our Children Would Not Die
1978 · Director, Writer, Editor, Producer

Clorae and Albie
1975 · Producer, Editor, Director

Girls at 12
1975 · Director, Producer, Editor
Matina Horner: Portrait of a Person
1973 · Director

Joyce at 34
1972 · Self, Director, Writer

Marathon
1965 · Director

A Happy Mother's Day
1963 · Director

Dead Birds
1963 · Sound Editor

The Chair
1963 · Editor

Blackie
1962 · Editor

Nehru
1962 · Editor







