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.
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).