Joyce Chopra
Born: 1936-10-27 in New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2022
- This Is a Film About My Mother as Anne
2008
- Gramercy Stories ... (Director)
2006
- Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front ... (Director)
2003
- The Last Cowboy ... (Director)
- Hollywood Wives: The New Generation ... (Director)
2002
- Everwood ... (Director)
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent ... (Director)
- Crossing Jordan ... (Director)
- Blonde ... (Director)
2000
- Rip Girls ... (Director)
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ... (Director)
- Murder in a Small Town ... (Director)
- The Lady in Question ... (Director)
- Replacing Dad ... (Director)
1997
- L.A. Johns ... (Director)
- Convictions ... (Director)
1996
- My Very Best Friend ... (Director)
1995
- Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan ... (Director)
1994
- The Corpse Had a Familiar Face ... (Director)
1993
- The Disappearance of Nora ... (Director)
- Angel Falls ... (Director)
1992
- Baby Snatcher ... (Director)
- The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story ... (Director)
1991
- Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story ... (Director)
1989
- The Lemon Sisters ... (Director)
1988
- Calling the Shots as Self
1985
- Smooth Talk ... (Director)
1981
1980
- Martha Clarke Light & Dark: A Dancer’s Journal ... (Director)
1978
- Sally Garcia and Family ... (Director)
- That Our Children Would Not Die ... (Director)
1975
- Girls at 12 ... (Producer)
- Clorae and Albie ... (Producer)
1973
- Matina Horner: Portrait of a Person ... (Director)
1972
- Joyce at 34 as Self
1965
- Marathon ... (Director)
1963
- The Chair ... (Editor)
- A Happy Mother's Day ... (Director)
- Dead Birds ... (Sound Editor)