United States (Sundance) Film Festival Grand Jury Prize (Dramatic) "Smooth Talk" 1986
Venice Film Festival Bronze Medal "A Happy Mother's Day" 1986
1999 Directed the A&E thriller "Murder in a Small Town", starring Gene Wilder
1999 Helmed the CBS TV-movie "Replacing Dad"
1997 Guided Blair Brown in the based-on-fact "Convictions" (Lifetime), about a woman who became a campaigner for victims' rights after the murder of her son
1995 Reteamed with Montgomery for "Deadline For Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan" (CBS)
1994 Helmed "The Corpse Had a Familiar Face", a CBS TV-movie based on the experiences of MIAMI HERALD reporter Edna Buchanan (played by Elizabeth Montgomery)
1993 Directed episodes of the CBS drama series "Angel Falls"
1992 Helmed another based-on-fact tale of romance and murder, "The Danger of Love" (CBS), based on the story of Carolyn Warmus who murdered her lover's wife
1991 Returned to TV to direct the based-on-fact "Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Smart Story" (CBS)
1989 Directed "The Lemon Sisters", co-starring Diane Keaton, Carol Kane and Kathryn Grody
1987 Began directing "Bright Lights, Big City" in the spring but replaced by James Bridges; with Chopra went other "Smooth Talk" collaborators: cinematographer Jim Glennon (replaced by Gordon Willis) and w
1985 Fiction feature directing debut, "Smooth Talk"
1982 Produced "Medal of Honor Rag" for TV's American Playhouse from Tom Cole's stage play
Involved in founding of folk music coffee house, The Club 47 (featuring then unknown Joan Baez)
Made prize-winning film in collaboration with Richard Leacock, "A Happy Mother's Day"
Produced and directed a number of documentaries including "Joyce at 34" (1972), "Girls at 12" (1975), "Martha Clark Light and Dark: A Dancer's Journal" (1980) and "Music Lessons," before making first