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.
Smooth Talk
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Rip Girls
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Hollywood Wives: The New Generation
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The Lemon Sisters
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A Happy Mother's Day
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Murder in a Small Town
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Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story
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The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story
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Marathon
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L.A. Johns
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Joyce at 34
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Joyce at 34
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The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
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Replacing Dad
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Baby Snatcher
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The Last Cowboy
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The Chair
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Gramercy Stories
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Martha Clarke Light & Dark: A Dancer’s Journal
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Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front
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The Lady in Question
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Clorae and Albie
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Clorae and Albie
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Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
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Convictions
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Dead Birds
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Girls at 12
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Girls at 12
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Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom
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Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom
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Girls at 12
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Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom
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The Disappearance of Nora
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My Very Best Friend
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Sally Garcia and Family
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Matina Horner: Portrait of a Person
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That Our Children Would Not Die
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Clorae and Albie
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Everwood
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Crossing Jordan
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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Angel Falls
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Blonde
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Blonde
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