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.
Frank Redman
"A Night of Adventure", a 1944 crime drama starring Tom Conway was Redman's first effort in 1944, which he followed up with his next entry into the "Falcon" series, "The Falcon in Mexico", again starring Conway, for which Redman's camerawork received praise. Redman shot half a dozen films the following year, the first of which was "Having Wonderful Crime", a mystery comedy starring Pat O'Brien, George Murphy, and Carole Landis. In 1945, Redman also filmed the last ever pairing of Donald O'Connor and Peggy Ryan, in the drama, "Patrick the Great". "Man Alive", a comedy starring Pat O'Brien, Adolphe Menjou, and Rudy Vallee, was also filmed by Redman during 1945, as was "Sing Your Way Home" (1945), starring Jack Haley and Marcy McGuire; 1945 also saw Redman shoot the first film in the RKO franchise, "Dick Tracy". The nine films he shot in 1946 included "The Falcon's Alibi", the ninth film in the franchise; "The Truth About Murder", a mystery film directed by Lew Landers; "Step by Step", starring Lawrence Tierney, Anne Jeffreys, and Lowell Gilmore; and "Criminal Court" (1946), directed by Academy Award-winning director, Robert Wise, and starring Tom Conway and Martha O'Driscoll. In 1947 Redman filmed "Beat the Band", starring Frances Langford, and two more installments in the Dick Tracy franchise: "Dick Tracy's Dilemma" and "Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome". In 1948 Redman was the cinematographer on two films: the comedy "If You Knew Susie", starring Eddie Cantor and Joan Davis; and the film noir, "Shed No Tears", directed by Jean Yarbrough. In 1949, Redman was the cinematographer for "Ladies of the Chorus", directed by Phil Karlson, and featuring Marilyn Monroe in her first starring role