Name
Joyce Chopra
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1936-10-27 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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
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An ethnographic documentary documenting the ritual warfare cycle, social life, and belief ...
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Connie, the fifteen-year-old black sheep of her family, finds her summertime idyll of beac...
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Molly is a girl living in the year 1944 and WWII has brought many changes to Molly's life....
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John William 'Will' Cooper is a modern-day rancher, maintaining his ranch in hard times al...
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Pamela Smart knows exactly what she wants and is willing to do anything to get it. She is ...
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A woman is delighted to have given birth to a baby girl but her life is turned into a nigh...
- 1972 Joyce at 34 as Self
- 2022 This Is a Film About My Mother as Anne
- 1988 Calling the Shots as Self
