Joaquin Phoenix
Menello and film director, James Gray, teamed up to co-write the 2008 romantic drama, "Two Lovers", starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Joaquin Phoenix. Menello also co-wrote Gray's film "The Immigrant", which stars Joaquin Phoenix, Marion Cotillard, and Jeremy Renner that screened at the Cannes Film Festival and the New York Film Festival prior to its May 2014 release through The Weinstein Company.