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.
Dayal Padmanabhan
Dayal Padmanabhan entered the Kannada industry as a writer in the year 2000. His first movie as a writer was "Om Ganesh" starring "Dialogue King" "Sai Kumar" and directed by Thriller Manju. From then on, he went on to write for many films including "Hudugigage","H2O","Gattimela".He has written the story for most of his movies except "OK Saar OK" and "Sakha Sakhi". He has written screenplay and dialogue for all his movies. His screenplay style is unique and notable. He was one of the nominees' by the Times of India Film Awards 2011 for the best screenplay writer for his film Yogaraj. "Gharshane" starring Malashri which was released in the first week of January 2014. His latest work "Haggadha Kone" was released in December 2014.