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Joyce Chopra profile
Director

Joyce Chopra

Directing

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Directed credits

29

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Strong directing catalog.

TMDB popularity

0.3

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Directed movies: 24Directed series: 5All crew credits: 35

TMDB ID: 146150

IMDb ID: nm0159154

Known for: Directing

Born: October 27, 1936

Age: 89

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1962 - 2022

Years active: 61

Average TMDB rating: 7.13

Wikidata: Q511101

Frequent jobs

Director (29)Editor (4)Producer (1)Sound Editor (1)

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.

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