About

Colin (pronounced Colon) Francis Costello is a biracial Writer/Director, specializing in horror and comedy. As a former award-winning advertising creative director, Colin conceived, supervised and wrote for a wide range of clients including The Los Angeles Dodgers, Netflix, McDonald’s, Budweiser, Dr. Pepper/7-UP, Gatorade, Jack n’ the Box, Toyota, Lexus, Target, Disney, Marvel and AT&T. Because of his background, Colin understands that ‘emotion’ is one of the most important communication tools of them all. Now the Disney General Entertainment Writing Program Finalist has written two family feature films - “Star Wars” - influenced theatrical release, THE STREAM which stands at 93% on Rotten Tomatoes. After writing two episodes for the PBSKids series, MOOCHIE KALALA’S DETECTIVE CLUB the educational show was nominated for a Midwest Emmy award. His debut short film, which he wrote and directed, THE AFTER PARTY played in 25 festivals internationally and won five. His other short film, DREMAWISHER has won ten awards in the United States and internationally. Colin also won Best Director and BestComedy for an LGBTQ+ webseries titled FROM RUSSIA WITH MOTIVE. Colin’s writing has gotten the attention of Spike Lee, Michael Bay, Marcus Nispel, Ridley Scott, Tim Burton, Jan DeBont and Dr. Maya Angelou. He just wrapped up two years on the film festival circuit with his award-winning short film STORAGE a psychological thriller, which is now on Shorts TV on Prime. Colin has also signed as a commercial director with commercial production company Hometeam. When Colin’s not writing or directing he is an active member of the WGA West Committee of Black Writers, Activities Committee and Genre Committee. Colin volunteers for Young Storytellers, helping Latinx and Black 5th graders develop their screenwriting voices. He also teaches screenwriting and short filmmaking at UCLA Extension.