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).
Carlos Cuarón
Carlos Cuarón was born in Mexico City and studied English literature at UNAM. He wrote the screenplay for "Sólo con tu pareja" in 1991 which was directed by his brother, Alfonso and won the Ariel Award for best original screenplay the same year.
Along with his brother, he wrote the screenplay for "Y tu mamá también" (starring Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna and Maribel Verdú) and received the Silver Lion for best original screenplay in the 2001 edition of Venice International Film Festival. They were nominated to the BAFTA awards as well as the Academy Award in the same category.
In December 2008, "Rudo y Cursi" (Rude and Corny) his first movie as a director was released. It also stars Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal.