Diablo Cody
"Juno" was runner-up for the Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award, won second prize at the Rome Film Festival, and earned four Academy Award nominations, including one for Best Picture. Cody herself won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for her debut script, which also picked up a Golden Globe nomination and an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. She also won screenplay honors from BAFTA, the Writers Guild of America, the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the National Board of Review, the Satellite Awards, and the 2008 Cinema for Peace Award for Most Valuable Work of Director, Producer & Screenwriter (which she shared with Jason Reitman, John Malkovich, Mason Novick, Russel Smith and Lianne Halfon).
James Gunn
Gunn's first major Hollywood screenplay was "Scooby-Doo" in 2002. In 2004, he wrote the screenplays for the remake of "Dawn of the Dead" and the sequel "Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed". With these films, Gunn became the first screenwriter to have two films top the box office in consecutive weeks. That same year, he executive produced and starred in the mockumentary "LolliLove", directed by and starring his then-wife Jenna Fischer. His film directorial debut was the 2006 horror-comedy "Slither", which was included on Rotten Tomatoes' list of the 50 Best Ever Reviewed Horror Movies.