Joyce Chopra
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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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Rip Girls (2000)
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Smooth Talk (1985)
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L.A. Johns (1997)
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Replacing Dad (1999)
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Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front (2006)
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The Lemon Sisters (1989)
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Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan (1995)
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The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story (1992)
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The Last Cowboy (2003)
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Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story (1991)
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Hollywood Wives: The New Generation (2003)
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Baby Snatcher (1992)
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Murder in a Small Town (1999)
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The Lady in Question (1999)
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The Corpse Had a Familiar Face (1994)
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Convictions (1997)
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The Disappearance of Nora (1993)
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My Very Best Friend (1996)
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Girls at 12 (1975)
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Music Lessons: The Kodaly Method in the American Classroom (1981)
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Marathon (1965)
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Matina Horner: Portrait of a Person (1973)
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Gramercy Stories (2008)
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A Happy Mother's Day (1963)
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That Our Children Would Not Die (1978)
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Joyce at 34 (1972)
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Sally Garcia and Family (1978)
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Clorae and Albie (1975)
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Martha Clarke Light & Dark: A Dancer’s Journal (1980)
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