Diablo Cody
After completion of her book, Cody was encouraged by Mason Novick to write her first screenplay. Within months she wrote "Juno", a coming-of-age story about a teenager's unplanned pregnancy. The Jason Reitman-directed comedy stars Ellen Page and Michael Cera.
David J. Francis (actor)
Francis began his career with minor roles in the television series "Amazon" (1999) and "The Ladies Man" (2000). His first major role was Jesus in "Dracula 2000". In the early 2000s, he had more minor roles in the Canadian film "The Matthew Shepard Story" and as a floor manager in "Gilda Radner: It's Always Something". In 2003, he directed his first film, a zombie film called "Zombie Night". He also served as writer and producer alongside his wife, Amber Lynn Francis. He returned as Jesus in the sequel to "Dracula 2000", (2003) and had a minor role in the television movie "". Francis then directed his second movie, the sequel to "Zombie Night", "" (2006) and the third movie of the trilogy, "Reel Zombies" (2008).