Diablo Cody
"Juno" was runner-up for the Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award, won second prize at the Rome Film Festival, and earned four Academy Award nominations, including one for Best Picture. Cody herself won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for her debut script, which also picked up a Golden Globe nomination and an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. She also won screenplay honors from BAFTA, the Writers Guild of America, the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the National Board of Review, the Satellite Awards, and the 2008 Cinema for Peace Award for Most Valuable Work of Director, Producer & Screenwriter (which she shared with Jason Reitman, John Malkovich, Mason Novick, Russel Smith and Lianne Halfon).
Sylvester Stallone
In addition to writing all six "Rocky" films, Stallone also wrote "Cobra", "Driven", "Rambo" and "Homefront". He has co-written several other films, such as "F.I.S.T.", "Rhinestone", "Over the Top", the first three "Rambo" films, the three "The Expendables" films and "Creed II". His last major success as a co-writer came with 1993's "Cliffhanger". In addition, Stallone has continued to express his passion in directing a film on Edgar Allan Poe's life, a script he has been preparing for years.