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.
Kent Beyda
Beyda's first film for a major studio was "Fright Night" (1985), a horror comedy for Columbia Pictures. Next he edited "Out of Bounds" (1986), directed by Richard Tuggle for Columbia. Beyda went on to edit "Innerspace" (1987) produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Joe Dante, "" (1986), a documentary about the Los Angeles punk group X, "Alien Nation" (1988), "Fear" (1990) starring Ally Sheedy, Spielberg and Dante's "" (1990), "True Identity" (1991), Billy Crystal's directorial debut "Mr. Saturday Night" (1992), Spielberg and Brian Levant's "The Flintstones" (1994), Crystal's "Forget Paris" (1995), "Jingle All the Way" (1996) with Arnold Schwarzenegger, "The Out-of-Towners" (1999) with Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn, "The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas" (2000), "Big Momma's House" (2000), "Scooby-Doo" (2002), "" (2004), "S. Darko" (2009), "Jonah Hex" (2010), "Yogi Bear" (2010), and "Parental Guidance" (2012).