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Born October 27, 1936 · 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.

Gramercy Stories
2008

Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
2006

Hollywood Wives: The New Generation
2003

The Last Cowboy
2003

Rip Girls
2000

The Lady in Question
1999

Replacing Dad
1999

Murder in a Small Town
1999

Convictions
1997

L.A. Johns
1997

My Very Best Friend
1996

Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
1995

The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
1994

The Disappearance of Nora
1993

The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story
1992

Baby Snatcher
1992

Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
1991

The Lemon Sisters
1990

Smooth Talk
1985

Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom
1981

Martha Clarke Light & Dark: A Dancer’s Journal
1980
Sally Garcia and Family
1978
That Our Children Would Not Die
1978

Clorae and Albie
1975

Girls at 12
1975
Matina Horner: Portrait of a Person
1973

Joyce at 34
1972

Marathon
1965

A Happy Mother's Day
1963