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.
Posani Krishna Murali
In 1999, he worked as a writer for eight films, the highest by any Telugu writer in that year. In 2000, he worked as a writer for nine films. In 2001, while still busy as a writer, he began his acting career with Srihari's "Evadra Rowdy" for which he also wrote the story and screenplay. In 2002, his second film as an actor Gemini starring Venkatesh was released. The same year also saw Murali in Mahesh Babu's "Bobby" which was directed by Sobhan. Although the film was a failure at the boxoffice, Murali's performance in the film was praised. He continued to appear in films such as "Good Boy" and "Bhadradi Ramudu". He also continued writing for films such as "Orey Thammudu", "Raghavendra", "Simhachalam", "Bhadradi Ramudu", "Palanati Brahmanaidu", "Seetayya", "Tiger Harish Chandra Prasad" and "Gemini".