Mark Colety is an American author, screenwriter, 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, legendary Hollywood script doctor John Truby, and completed the screenwriting series at Seattle Film Institute.
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Mark Colety’s anticipated sophomore script, Annabel Lee, is now complete, copyrighted, WGA registered and has been submitted to the top screenwriting contests in Los Angeles. Wanting to show his range as a writer, this dark supernatural drama is a stark … read more
Colety lands representation from Priscilla Reagan, Olive Branch Agency, in San Francisco for his comic screenplay From Kandahar with Love. With contacts with movie producers in Los Angeles and the Bay Area we’re optimistic in pursing an option for the … read more
More props from the Austin Film Festival on Colety’s screenplay: “A very unique love story with a surprising twist. Realistic and memorable dialogue. Well done!” – Matt Dy, AFF Screenplay Competition Director
Austin Film Festival sent out notifications to it’s top screenwriters in this year’s competition. The results: Colety’s script advances to Round 2 selection.
Check out the link below: The PAGE Awards is one of the most prestigious and highly competitive contests in Hollywood. Colety’s rewritten From Kandahar with Love is now in the top 25 scripts for the category of comedy. In the interim, … read more
After extensive rewrites, Colety’s screenplay “From Kandahar With Love” was selected from 5,167 scripts to be a Quarterfinalist in the PAGE International Screenwriting Contest. Meanwhile he is hard at work on the new script.
Time to get down with the download. Mark Colety’s novel, The Prodigal Ones, has just been converted to the eBook format. Kindle users are now able to purchase the book through Amazon.com. Just do it, people.
Results for 2012 FilmMakers Semifinals are in and we are thrilled to announce that Colety’s script has made the cut. It has now placed in 3 major competitions and continues to garner attention.
Year of the Dragon was welcomed in with an announcement from FilmMakers International: ‘From Kandahar with Love’ is now an official Quarterfinalist. Taking steady aim at landing representation for 2012 and a shot of getting the film made.
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.