Joyce Chopra

Director, Producer, Editor, Writer, Actor

27 October 1936 (89 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Smart Story
    Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Smart Story1991
  • Replacing Dad
    Replacing Dad1999

Known For

  • Smooth Talk
    Smooth Talk1985
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit27 seasons
  • Rip Girls
    Rip Girls2000
  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent
    Law & Order: Criminal Intent10 seasons
  • Everwood
    Everwood4 seasons
  • Blonde
    Blonde2 episodes
  • The Lemon Sisters
    The Lemon Sisters1989
  • An American Girl on the Home Front
    An American Girl on the Home Front2006
  • Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Smart Story
    Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Smart Story1991
  • The Last Cowboy
    The Last Cowboy2003
  • Murder in a Small Town
    Murder in a Small Town1999
  • Baby Snatcher
    Baby Snatcher1992
  • Crossing Jordan
    Crossing Jordan6 seasons
  • L.A. Johns
    L.A. Johns1997
  • Replacing Dad
    Replacing Dad1999
  • The Lady in Question
    The Lady in Question1999
  • Hollywood Wives: The New Generation
    Hollywood Wives: The New Generation2003
  • My Very Best Friend
    My Very Best Friend1996
  • The Disappearance of Nora
    The Disappearance of Nora1993
  • The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story
    The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story1992