Joyce Chopra

Joyce Chopra

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.

  • Title: Joyce Chopra
  • Popularity: 0.732
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1936-10-27
  • Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
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Joyce Chopra Movies

  • 1972
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    Joyce at 34

    Joyce at 34

    6.4 1972 HD

    After giving birth, Joyce attempts to regain her position as a filmmaker while also caring for her new baby. The changes to both her and her...

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  • 2022
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    This Is a Film About My Mother

    This Is a Film About My Mother

    1 2022 HD

    During a stark winter weekend in upstate NY, siblings reconnect a year after their mother's death.

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  • 1988
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    Calling the Shots

    Calling the Shots

    1 1988 HD

    Documentary about women in the film industry. Numerous notable actresses and female directors share their thoughts.

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  • 1985
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    Smooth Talk

    Smooth Talk

    6.3 1985 HD

    Connie, the fifteen-year-old black sheep of her family, finds her summertime idyll of beach trips, mall hangouts, and innocent flirtations shattered...

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  • 2000
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    Rip Girls

    Rip Girls

    6.387 2000 HD

    A teen-age girl and her father come to an island on Hawaii, they find a closer relationship to each other and think about changing the island. During...

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  • 2003
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    Hollywood Wives: The New Generation

    Hollywood Wives: The New Generation

    2.5 2003 HD

    A Hollywood star (Fawcett), fed up with her husband's cheating, hires a private investigator to tail him. Emotional support is offered by her two...

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  • 1989
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    The Lemon Sisters

    The Lemon Sisters

    4.571 1989 HD

    Three life-long friends work the bars in 1980s Atlantic City performing the songs of the 1960s girl groups.

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  • 1963
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    A Happy Mother's Day

    A Happy Mother's Day

    5.5 1963 HD

    In 1963 the first known surviving set of American quintuplets were born to Mary Ann and Andrew Fischer, this film looks at some of the changes their...

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  • 1999
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    Murder in a Small Town

    Murder in a Small Town

    5.2 1999 HD

    A widowed theatre director moves to a small Connecticut town where he gets involved in solving the murder of a millionaire, who was the most despised...

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  • 1991
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    Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story

    Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story

    5.4 1991 HD

    Pamela Smart knows exactly what she wants and is willing to do anything to get it. She is fed up with teaching, and her marriage offers little...

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  • 1992
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    The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story

    The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story

    3.8 1992 HD

    Michael Carlin, a teacher, has been having an affair with a much younger fellow teacher Carolyn Warmus. When his wife is murdered, the police suspect...

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  • 1965
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    Marathon

    Marathon

    1 1965 HD

    Started as a class project in what was likely the first filmmaking course ever taught at Harvard, Marathon documents the running of the 1964 Boston...

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  • 1997
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    L.A. Johns

    L.A. Johns

    5.5 1997 HD

    Liz dreams of buying a house and starts working as a call girl. She then becomes emotionally involved with a young man.

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  • 1972
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    Joyce at 34

    Joyce at 34

    6.4 1972 HD

    After giving birth, Joyce attempts to regain her position as a filmmaker while also caring for her new baby. The changes to both her and her...

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  • 1972
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    Joyce at 34

    Joyce at 34

    6.4 1972 HD

    After giving birth, Joyce attempts to regain her position as a filmmaker while also caring for her new baby. The changes to both her and her...

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  • 1994
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    The Corpse Had a Familiar Face

    The Corpse Had a Familiar Face

    6 1994 HD

    The Corpse had a Familiar Face is a 1994 American TV-Movie with Elizabeth Montgomery, playing Edna Buchanan, a Miami's criminal journalist.

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  • 1999
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    Replacing Dad

    Replacing Dad

    6 1999 HD

    Linda and George live in a small town. He is the school principal. They are about to celebrate their 16th anniversary. She catches him with her...

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  • 1992
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    Baby Snatcher

    Baby Snatcher

    5.8 1992 HD

    A woman is delighted to have given birth to a baby girl but her life is turned into a nightmare when she goes missing. The police mount a frantic...

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  • 2003
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    The Last Cowboy

    The Last Cowboy

    6.2 2003 HD

    John William 'Will' Cooper is a modern-day rancher, maintaining his ranch in hard times along with his friend and foreman Amos Russell. When Will's...

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  • 1963
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    The Chair

    The Chair

    6 1963 HD

    Follows a crusading lawyer as he embarks on a campaign to save an African-American man, Paul Crump, from the electric chair. Preserved by the...

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  • 2008
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    Gramercy Stories

    Gramercy Stories

    1 2008 HD

    An inspiring look inside a unique residence in Manhattan that is providing a safe home for 25 gay and transgender teenagers for have experienced...

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  • 1980
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    Martha Clarke Light & Dark: A Dancer’s Journal

    Martha Clarke Light & Dark: A Dancer’s Journal

    6 1980 HD

    This documentary follows Martha Clarke's creative process for a year as she finds her own voice as a choreographer following her departure from...

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  • 2006
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    Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front

    Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front

    7.1 2006 HD

    Molly is a girl living in the year 1944 and WWII has brought many changes to Molly's life. An English girl comes to live with Molly's family to...

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  • 1999
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    The Lady in Question

    The Lady in Question

    4 1999 HD

    In 1938, Jewish-rights activist Emma Sachs is targeted by the Nazis. When she dies, foul play is suspected. But was it the Nazis, or was it someone...

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  • 1975
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    Clorae and Albie

    Clorae and Albie

    1 1975 HD

    Tells about two young Black women and how they cope with their responsibilities as well as pursue their career ambitions.

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  • 1975
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    Clorae and Albie

    Clorae and Albie

    1 1975 HD

    Tells about two young Black women and how they cope with their responsibilities as well as pursue their career ambitions.

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  • 1995
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    Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan

    Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan

    5 1995 HD

    Inspired by the the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning, Miami-based journalist, Edna Buchanan, who investigates the murder of a man with ties to the...

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  • 1997
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    Convictions

    Convictions

    6 1997 HD

    It has been nine years since Bancroft's character shot Brown's son. She goes to the prison to vent her rage at him over what he did, and discovers...

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  • 1963
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    Dead Birds

    Dead Birds

    5.8 1963 HD

    The film's title is borrowed from a Dani fable that Gardner recounts in voice-over. The Dani people, whom Gardner identifies mysteriously as "a...

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  • 1975
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    Girls at 12

    Girls at 12

    1 1975 HD

    The camera goes to live among a group of 12‐year‐old girls in a middle‐class New England neighborhood. It accompanies them to school, goes to...

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  • 1975
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    Girls at 12

    Girls at 12

    1 1975 HD

    The camera goes to live among a group of 12‐year‐old girls in a middle‐class New England neighborhood. It accompanies them to school, goes to...

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  • 1975
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    Girls at 12

    Girls at 12

    1 1975 HD

    The camera goes to live among a group of 12‐year‐old girls in a middle‐class New England neighborhood. It accompanies them to school, goes to...

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  • 1981
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    Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom

    Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom

    1 1981 HD

    Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály believed that music could be taught to children as readily as reading. The method he developed uses a child's...

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  • 1981
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    Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom

    Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom

    1 1981 HD

    Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály believed that music could be taught to children as readily as reading. The method he developed uses a child's...

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  • 1981
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    Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom

    Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom

    1 1981 HD

    Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály believed that music could be taught to children as readily as reading. The method he developed uses a child's...

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  • 1993
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    The Disappearance of Nora

    The Disappearance of Nora

    5 1993 HD

    A beautiful woman is found stranded in the desert with no recollection of who she is or how she got there, so a casino boss makes it his mission to...

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  • 1996
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    My Very Best Friend

    My Very Best Friend

    1 1996 HD

    Dana Griffin is what some call a gold digger and has a habit of getting what she wants anyway possible. She is to wed wealthy Ted but her deceit is...

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  • 1978
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    That Our Children Would Not Die

    That Our Children Would Not Die

    1 1978 HD

    A 1978 documentary about healthcare services in five locations in Nigeria.

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  • 1973
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    Matina Horner: Portrait of a Person

    Matina Horner: Portrait of a Person

    1 1973 HD

    A 1973 short film about the noted educator and president of Radcliffe College.

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  • 1978
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    Sally Garcia and Family

    Sally Garcia and Family

    1 1978 HD

    A 1978 documentary short about a growing phenomenon of its time: women returning to work as they reach middle age.

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  • 1975
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    Clorae and Albie

    Clorae and Albie

    1 1975 HD

    Tells about two young Black women and how they cope with their responsibilities as well as pursue their career ambitions.

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  • 1970
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    7.6 1970 HD

    After the death of his wife, world-class neurosurgeon Dr. Andrew Brown leaves Manhattan and moves his family to the small town of Everwood, Colorado....

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  • 1970
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    7.2 1970 HD

    Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist...

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  • 1970
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    7.6 1970 HD

    The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense...

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  • 1970
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    7.9 1970 HD

    In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...

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  • 1970
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    9 1970 HD

    Angel Falls is a drama series that aired from August 26, 1993 to September 30, 1993. The premise of the series is Rae Dawn Snow and her teenage son...

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  • 1970
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    5.9 1970 HD

    A fictional biography of Marilyn Monroe mixed with series of real events in her life.

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  • 1970
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    5.9 1970 HD

    A fictional biography of Marilyn Monroe mixed with series of real events in her life.

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