Directing
Joyce Chopra
EN cinema · 35 credits
Born
27 October 1936 (age 90)
Birthplace
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.
Known for
Filmography
The Last Cowboy
Director
Rip Girls
Director
Replacing Dad
Director
The Lady in Question
Director
L.A. Johns
Director
Convictions
Director
My Very Best Friend
Director
Baby Snatcher
Director
The Lemon Sisters
Director
Smooth Talk
Director
Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom
Editor, Director, Producer
That Our Children Would Not Die
1978
That Our Children Would Not Die
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
Clorae and Albie
Producer, Editor, Director
Girls at 12
Producer, Editor, Director
Matina Horner: Portrait of a Person
1973
Matina Horner: Portrait of a Person
Director
Joyce at 34
as Self, Writer, Director
Marathon
Director
A Happy Mother's Day
Director
The Chair
Editor
Dead Birds
Sound Editor
Nehru
Editor