Denise Di Novi

Cousin of producer/director Matthew Coppola and actress Alicia Coppola.

[as a collaborator on a number of Nicholas Sparks adaptations] What defines a 'chick flick' is that the number-one goal is to find a man. When we create a female character, she's not defined by the man. That's a massive difference. The other distinction is that our male characters are always equal to the women in dimension and intensity.