 Peter Sollett signed on to direct the film in 2006, when the script was in its second draft, and collaborated with Scafaria.Scafaria said that Norah "was me on the page", while Sollett felt that as a teenager he was "not dissimilar to Nick".Both had similar experiences to Nick and Norah, commuting into Manhattan at night, Scafaria from New Jersey and Sollett from Staten Island.