Ismael Marcos Farias Obituary (1970 - 2022)

Ismael (Mark) Marcos Farias passed away October 9, 2022 at his home in South Houston surrounded by his family. He is preceded in death by his father Rudolph Farias Jr; brother, Rudolph Farias III; sister Monique Farias Sellers; grandparents Rudolph Farias Sr. & Guadalupe Rizo Farias, Ismael M Ponce & Guadalupe Ponce. He is survived by his beloved mother, Barbara Ponce Farias, his aunts, nieces, nephews and numerous cousins. Mark was born in Galveston, TX and raised in Texas City, TX where he graduated from Texas City High School. He attended College of the Mainland while working in the Media Center at UTMB Hospital in Galveston. Mark moved to Austin, TX in 2001 where he prospered as a writer, artist, and performer of both the theatre stage and screen, as well as an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. He was a brilliant and extraordinary storyteller and entertainer with numerous long and short stories published and several plays performed on Austin theatre stages. The films Mark wrote and co-wrote still continue to win an assortment of festival awards and accolades today. Some of these works include "Joe Normal" which won Best of Week- Frontera Fest. In 2008, "Ugly Maria" which was produced and shown onstage in Austin in 2005. Ismael (Mark) also acted in the short film "A-Ha!" which won Best Micro Short Comedy in 2018, and co-wrote "The Terrible Old Woman", a short film he helped adapt from an H.P. Lovecraft short story. This year (2022) that film has presently been accepted in roughly 10 film festivals, currently a Finalist in one of them, and has been nominated for awards in several others. There will be a celebration of Life Mass on Saturday, October 29, 2022 at 10am located at St. Mary's Miraculous Medal.