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.
Colin Goh
Together with his wife, Joyceln Woo Yen Yen, they made their first full-feature film, "Talking Cock" (2002). They won the Montblanc award for best new screenwriters at the 54th San Sebastian International Film Festival for their second film "Singapore Dreaming" (2006). The couple also produce "Dim Sum Warriors", a graphic novel and bilingual iPad app series about kung fu-fighting dumplings. Dim Sum Warrior was made into a Chinese musical which was produced by Stan Lai, one of China's most renowned theatre directors, and scored by Pulitzer Prize winning Chinese-born composer Du Yun. The musical debuted in Aug 11, 2017, to sold-out audiences at "Theatre Above" in China.