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Thesp juggles multiple duties on 'Found' film.(BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR: Helen Hunt)(Biography)
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Daily Variety
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March 11, 2008
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Then She Found Me" first came to Helen Hunt as an acting gig. Ten years on, the dramedy premiered at the Toronto Film Festival as her feature directing bow.
Based on a novel by Elinor Lipman, the project took a long time to adapt and find its shape, Hunt says. "There's only a bit of it from the book--the mother-daughter relationship. There was no baby wish in the book, and there were no men in it."
Hunt, who had decided to tackle rewriting the script herself, also took on directing duties along the way.
"Directing was so daunting it didn't become daunting anymore--we had so little time," says Hunt, who shot the film in 27 days, mainly around the schedules of her ...
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