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.
Riccardo Freda
Freda first began making working in the film industry in 1937 and directed his first film "Don Cesare di Bazan" in 1942. Freda's began directing "I Vampiri", but eventually left the production allowing Mario Bava to step in to finish directing the film. "I Vampiri" was the first Italian horror film of the sound era, following the lone silent horror film "Il mostro di Frankenstein" (1920) Despite being the first, a wave of Italian horror productions did not follow until Mario Bava's film "Black Sunday" was released internationally.