Mario Costabile has been a successful music and film producer for over 40 years. He has produced content for film, television, and the recording business. Among the notable organizations his work has appeared on and worked for are MTV, VH1, FuseH, Discovery Channel, the SYFY Channel, Off-Broadway productions, Yamaha Music, Sony Music, Atlantic Records, and Universal Music.
Mario has received many awards for his film productions. He received a Telly Award for a documentary film that he produced on the making of the motion picture film “Gimme Shelter ” by Roadside Attractions, which starred James Earl Jones, Vanesa Hudgens and Brendan Frazer. Most recently he was nominated for an Emmy for a film called “Vocation.”
Mario is currently in production for documentary film called CHOICE to be released in 2025. It is a story about women in pregnancy crisis situations and the choices available to them.
In 2010 Mario co-founded Array of Hope and is now the Executive Director. Array of Hope creates original music, films, and events that reveals the beauty and truths of the Catholic faith. Over the years Array of Hope has become a leader in evangelization throughout the country.
Mario has also created and produced many programs that regularly air on Catholic radio and television networks such as EWTN, The Catholic Television Network, The Catholic Faith Network, Salt and Light Media, Shalom World TV, and the NET. In addition he produced a television series called “Fatima Gems” which is part of the online streaming service FORMED as well as being broadcasted on Canela Media for Hispanic audiences.
In 2020 Array of Hope launched “A Reason For Hope” with Mario as the co-Host. This Podcast is now rated in the top 15% of all downloaded podcasts released in the US.
In 2021 Tom Monaghan awarded Mario with the Legatus “Bowie Kuhn Special Award” for evangelization. An award which recognizes an individual who has exhibited significant efforts to spread the good news of Jesus Christ among his peers. Mario is also the Legatus Chapter president in Newark, New Jersey.
He has been married to his wife Susan since 1984, and they have been blessed with 5 beautiful children and 5 grandchildren.
