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.
Nino D'Angelo
In 1997 he wrote his first musical, "Core pazzo" ("Mad Heart"), and co-hosted the Dopofestival show that aired immediately after each night of the Sanremo Music Festival with Piero Chiambretti. He also won the David Di Donatello Award for Best Music for his soundtrack to the film "To Die for Tano". In 2000, he also starred, directed, wrote and performed the music for "Aitanic", a "Titanic" parody and starring fellow Italian actors Sabina Began and Giacomo Rizzo.