Mark Colety is an American author and musician. Born and raised in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, he began studying music when he was only 6, taught himself guitar at age 13, and has been writing and performing his own music ever since. Although he is classically trained in theory and composition, Colety's songwriting is lean and direct. Nonetheless, his music continues to evolve through his willingness to push his creative boundaries to the limit. After living in Seattle for 15 years, he now lives and works in Los Angeles.
Mark Colety began writing at an early age, and studied under renowned poet Edward Kleinschmidt Mayes at Santa Clara University for three years. He worked briefly as a free lance journalist in Seattle, while writing his controversial novel, The Prodigal Ones. He has studied screenwriting with international guru Robert McKee, and completed the screenwriting series at Seattle Film Institute.
For booking info, contact info@markcolety.com
Colety’s feature-length script “From Kandahar with Love” has been selected by Filmmakers 10th annual International Screenwriting Awards. This will be the third major screenwriting competition this year to place the script.
Featured on CNN, Entertainment Weekly, and in Variety Magazine – Scriptapalooza is an international contest based in Hollywood known for being one of the top competitions to break new writers to production companies and agents in Los Angeles. Colety’s comedy, … read more
PAGE International screenwriting competition advanced Mark Colety’s first full length script to Round 2 selections for judging. Largely considered to be the top screenwriting contest in Hollywood, second only to Academy Award sponsored Nicholl Fellowship, PAGE selected the script from … read more
Colety joined hundreds of writers, actors, producers and filmakers for Robert McKee’s fabled STORY seminar. It was 3 days of profanity, madness and unparalleled insight into story telling. During a break McKee told Colety if he was serious about making … read more
After 15 incredible years in the Emerald City, Mark Colety has officially relocated to Los Angeles to continue his endeavors in writing and music.
Happy New Years! The Gypsies are hard at work, writing new music and making demos for the upcoming CD. Stay tuned for more news.
Please join the Gypsies Americain for our “INGLORIOUS” last show of the year! We will be ending the year as we started it, at one of our favorite joints: The Shanty Tavern “The Last Roadhouse in Seattle.” Friday, Nov. 6th … read more
Celebrate “Rocktober” with The Gypsies Americain, Sunday, October 25th at the Comet Tavern. Come Get ill on Capitol Hill, with Seattle’s Illest Rock Trio!