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Diablo Cody Biography
Birth Name:
Brook Busey
Birth Place:
Lemont, Illinois, United States
Profession
Writer
Fast Facts
- Took her pen name during a drive through Cody, WY, while listening to a song called "El Diablo
- " While working at an ad agency in Minneapolis in 2003, she entered an amateur stripper contest on a whim, then quit her day job to strip full-time and work at a peep show; wrote a 2005 memoir called Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper
- Was signed by a Hollywood literary manager after he discovered her blog
- Received an Oscar for the first screenplay she wrote, Juno
- In 2011, started hosting an online interview program called Red Band Trailer, which features Cody interviewing celebrities in an Airstream trailer
- Served as cochair for the Athena Film Festival, which celebrates women's leadership, in 2013
Awards
- 2012Writers Guild Awards-Original Screenplay: nominated
- 2012Critics' Choice Movie Awards-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
- 2008BAFTA Film Awards-Best Original Screenplay: winner
- 2008Writers Guild Awards-Original Screenplay: winner
- 2008Independent Spirit Awards-Best First Screenplay: winner
- 2008Critics' Choice Awards-Best Writer: winner
- 2008Golden Globe-Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: nominated
- 2007Utah Film Critics-Best Screenplay: nominated
- 2007Detroit Film Critics Society-Best Newcomer: winner
- 2007Dallas/Fort Worth Film Critics Association-Best Screenplay: winner
- 2007Chicago Film Critics Association-Best Original Screenplay: winner
- 2007Austin Film Critics-Best Original Screenplay: winner
- 2007Alliance of Women Film Journalists-Best Original Screenplay: winner
- 2007National Board of Review-Best Original Screenplay: winner
- 2007Washington D.C. Film Critics Association-Best Original Screenplay: winner
- 2007Toronto Film Critics Association-Best Screenplay: nominated
- 2007St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association-Best Screenplay: winner
- 2007Southeastern Film Critics Association-Best Original Screenplay: winner
- 2007San Diego Film Critics Association-Best Original Screenplay: winner
- 2007Phoenix Film Critics Association-Best Original Screenplay: winner
- 2007Ohio Film Critics-Best Original Screenplay: winner
- 2007Las Vegas Film Critics Association-Best Screenplay: winner
- 2007Kansas City Film Critics Association-Best Original Screenplay: winner
- 2007Golden Satellite Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
- 2007Florida Film Critics-Best Screenplay: winner
- 2007Oscar-Best Writing (Original Screenplay): winner
Relationships
- Marc Busey -- Brother
- Jon Hunt -- Ex-husband
- Greg Busey -- Father
- Dan Maurio -- Husband
- Pam Busey -- Mother
- Marcello Daniel Maurio -- Son