Joyce Chopra
Directing
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.
Behind the camera
2008Gramercy Stories
Director
2006Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
Director
2003Hollywood Wives: The New Generation
Director
2003The Last Cowboy
Director
2000Rip Girls
Director
1999Murder in a Small Town
Director
1999Replacing Dad
Director
1999The Lady in Question
Director
1997L.A. Johns
Director
1997Convictions
Director
1996My Very Best Friend
Director
1995Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
Director
1994The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
Director
1993The Disappearance of Nora
Director
1992The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story
Director
1992Baby Snatcher
Director
1991Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
Director
1989The Lemon Sisters
Director
1985Smooth Talk
Director
1981Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom
Director
1980Martha Clarke Light & Dark: A Dancer’s Journal
Director
1975Girls at 12
Director
1975Clorae and Albie
Director
1972Joyce at 34
Director & Writer