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Inspired by the writer-directors she worked with throughout her career as an actress, Joey Lauren Adams wrote her first screenplay, COME EARLY MORNING, based upon the stories that influenced her while growing up in North Little Rock, Arkansas. After several years in pursuit of financing, this project would ultimately serve as her directorial debut in the spring of 2005. Aside from writing and directing, she has appeared in films as varied as DAZED AND CONFUSED, A COOL, DRY PLACE, HARVARD MAN, BIG DADDY, and, the recent THE BREAK-UP with Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston. In 1997, Adams earned a Best Actress Golden Globe nomination for her work in the film CHASING AMY.
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