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.
Joe D'Amato
The voodoo-themed "Sesso nero", written by George Eastman, was the last film D'Amato shot in the Caribbean, at the end of 1979, and the first of the Caribbean group of films to receive a cinematic release. It was also the first film D'Amato produced on his own through his newly founded company, P.C.M. (Produzioni Cinematografiche Massaccesi).