Director
Joyce Chopra
90 years · New York City, New York, USA · 31 films
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.
Best known for
Smooth Talk
1985 · Director
Rip Girls
2000 · Director
On Disney Plus
Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
2006 · Director
On YouTube Free
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
1991 · Director
On Plex
Baby Snatcher
1992 · Director
On Howdy Amazon Channel
The Last Cowboy
2003 · Director
On Xumo Play
Filmography 31
This Is a Film About My Mother
2022 · Anne
On Tubi TV
Gramercy Stories
2008 · Director
Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
2006 · Director
On YouTube Free
Hollywood Wives: The New Generation
2003 · Director
The Last Cowboy
2003 · Director
On Xumo Play
Rip Girls
2000 · Director
On Disney Plus
The Lady in Question
1999 · Director
Replacing Dad
1999 · Director
On Tubi TV
Murder in a Small Town
1999 · Director
Convictions
1997 · Director
L.A. Johns
1997 · Director
My Very Best Friend
1996 · Director
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
1995 · Director
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
1994 · Director
The Disappearance of Nora
1993 · Director
The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story
1992 · Director
Baby Snatcher
1992 · Director
On Howdy Amazon Channel
Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
1991 · Director
On Plex
The Lemon Sisters
1989 · Director
Calling the Shots
1988 · Self
Smooth Talk
1985 · Director
Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom
1981 · Editor, Director
Martha Clarke Light & Dark: A Dancer’s Journal
1980 · Director
Clorae and Albie
1975 · Producer, Editor