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).
Fernando Di Leo
Di Leo started his career mostly writing scripts for spaghetti westerns. He worked on the script for "Per un pugno di dollari" ("A Fistful of Dollars", 1964) and later as assistant director and assistant to Sergio Leone in "Per qualche dollaro in più" ("For a Few Dollars More", 1965). Later, he wrote scripts for such westerns as "Navajo Joe" (1966) and "Johnny Yuma" (1967). Di Leo is now best remembered for his "poliziotteschi" films, especially the "Milieu Trilogy", which he both wrote and directed. The trilogy contains "Caliber 9" (1972), "La mala ordina" ("Manhunt", 1972) and "Il Boss" ("The Boss", 1973).