Joyce Chopra
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 27, 1936
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
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.
Movies with Joyce Chopra
- Joyce at 34 1972 · ★ 6.4
- Calling the Shots 1988 · ★ 9.0
- This Is a Film About My Mother 2022
Movies directed by Joyce Chopra
- Smooth Talk 1985 · ★ 6.2
- Rip Girls 2000 · ★ 6.3
- Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front 2006 · ★ 7.1
- Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story 1991 · ★ 5.1
- Baby Snatcher 1992 · ★ 6.7
- The Last Cowboy 2003 · ★ 5.9
- The Lemon Sisters 1989 · ★ 5.1
- A Happy Mother's Day 1963 · ★ 5.9
- Murder in a Small Town 1999 · ★ 6.2
- The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story 1992 · ★ 3.9
- L.A. Johns 1997 · ★ 5.2
- Joyce at 34 1972 · ★ 6.4
- Replacing Dad 1999 · ★ 6.4
- The Disappearance of Nora 1993 · ★ 5.8
- Hollywood Wives: The New Generation 2003 · ★ 5.5
- The Corpse Had a Familiar Face 1994 · ★ 4.7
- Convictions 1997 · ★ 6.7
- The Lady in Question 1999 · ★ 6.0
- Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan 1995 · ★ 7.0
- Martha Clarke Light & Dark: A Dancer’s Journal 1980 · ★ 6.0
- Girls at 12 1975 · ★ 6.0
- My Very Best Friend 1996 · ★ 7.0
- Marathon 1965
- Gramercy Stories 2008
- Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom 1981
- That Our Children Would Not Die 1978
- Matina Horner: Portrait of a Person 1973
- Sally Garcia and Family 1978
- Clorae and Albie 1975