Joyce Chopra

Known for DirectingBorn 1936-10-27 (age 89)New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Calling the Shots

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Angel Falls

Everwood

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Crossing Jordan

The Chair

Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front

My Very Best Friend

Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan

Convictions

Baby Snatcher

Replacing Dad

Rip Girls

The Last Cowboy

Joyce at 34

Smooth Talk

The Lady in Question

Blonde

Martha Clarke Light & Dark: A Dancer’s Journal

Girls at 12

The Disappearance of Nora

Murder in a Small Town

Dead Birds

Hollywood Wives: The New Generation

A Happy Mother's Day

L.A. Johns

The Lemon Sisters

Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story

The Corpse Had a Familiar Face

The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story

This Is a Film About My Mother

Gramercy Stories

Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom

That Our Children Would Not Die

Sally Garcia and Family

Clorae and Albie

Matina Horner: Portrait of a Person

Marathon

Blackie

Nehru