Known For
Directing
Born
Oct 27, 1936
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
42 titles
Joyce Chopra
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
This Is a Film About My Mother
Anne
Gramercy Stories
Director
Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
Director
Hollywood Wives: The New Generation
Director
The Last Cowboy
Director
Everwood
Director
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Director
Crossing Jordan
Director
Blonde
Director
Rip Girls
Director
The Lady in Question
Director
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Director
Replacing Dad
Director
Murder in a Small Town
Director
Convictions
Director
L.A. Johns
Director
My Very Best Friend
Director
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
Director
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
Director
Angel Falls
Director
The Disappearance of Nora
Director
The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story
Director
Baby Snatcher
Director
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
Director
The Lemon Sisters
Director
Calling the Shots
Self
Smooth Talk
Director
American Playhouse
Director
Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom
Editor
Martha Clarke Light & Dark: A Dancer’s Journal
Director
Sally Garcia and Family
Director
That Our Children Would Not Die
Director
Clorae and Albie
Producer
Girls at 12
Producer
Matina Horner: Portrait of a Person
Director
Joyce at 34
Self
Marathon
Director
A Happy Mother's Day
Director
Dead Birds
Sound Editor
The Chair
Editor
Blackie
Editor
Nehru
Editor