(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Julia Roberts secured all the financing for her latest movie Jesus Henry Christ.

The film's director, Dennis Lee, praised the actress for being an excellent co-producer on the project.

Compared to other people, who make big promises when they get involved and then fail to deliver, the filmmaker said that the Hollywood star got stuck in and personally spoke to banks and financiers.

"Julia got us the financing of the movie. I've worked with people who'd come on board and say I want to do this or that, but they don't really do anything. But in Julia's case, she picked up the phone, she made calls, she pushed the financier," Lee told The Hollywood reporter.

Jesus Henry Christ is a parable about the Christian miracle of the immaculate conception told through the story of a modern day test tube baby's quest to find his genetic father.

The independent movie turned into a family project for Julia's clan, with husband Danny Moder working as the cinematographer and her sister Lisa Roberts Gillan co-producing the movie.

Dennis Lee said he has enjoyed working with the extended Roberts family because he can trust them.

He had previously worked with Julia and Danny on Fireflies In The Garden.

"Once you find somebody that you can creatively collaborate with, and that you enjoy working with It's hard to make a movie. And you're there with each other for months. So you want to be with people that you trust. You want to be with people who are talented and creative and also just collaborative. I've told this to Danny and to production designer Rob Pearson, that as far as my career goes, I would just want to be able to work together, always. It's just that kind of trust and shorthand," Dennis said (C) Cover Media