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).
Virgilio Redondo
On December 15, 1948, he published his komik serial "Mahiwagang Bundok". His first cartoon comic strip was "Isyo", a humorous strip from Pilipino Komiks. In the 1950s Virgil started to work at Ace Publication Incorporated aided by Tony Velasquez. His writing became successful with "Diwani" in 1951 and "Reyna Bandida" in 1952. The latter was adapted into a movie by Sampaguita Pictures, starring Alicia Vergel. Then followed "Tin-edyer" in 1953, "Talusaling" in 1955 and "Aling Kutsero" in 1956, in which Nida Blanca appeared, released by LVN Pictures. He also created "Alyas Palos", "Bakas ng Gagamba", "Panginoon", "Ang Mga Lawin", "Vod-a-vil", "Teen-age Crush", "Anak ng Kidlat" and "Rolling Rockers".