Known For
Directing
Born
Jan 01, 1944
Died
Jul 05, 2023
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Credits
83 titles
Shaun Costello
Biography
Shaun Costello began directing for "loops" (10-minute scenes shown in coin-operated viewers in adult theaters) in NYC in the early 1970s, and soon was directing (and acting in) full porn movies and other grindhouse "roughies" shown in Times Square's 42nd Street adult theaters. Costello took work where he could get it, often working for the Mob, who owned many adult theaters and distribution, and working under different aliases for different theaters so that no one (at the time) knew that he was his own competition. Eventually moving on to a mainstream documentary career, Costello written and directed grindhouse movies - rough and violent and reflecting of their times - have seen a resurgence as the 2010's have seen these movies be remastered and re-released and often seen for the first time in decades. Anyone interested in the history of American porn or grindhouse/exploitation theater of the late 1960s and 1970s will likely have encountered Shaun Costello's work, often unknowingly due to his prolific use of aliases.
Known For
Filmography
Hymns from the Abyss
Self (archive footage)
Popcorn
Associate Producer
Writing for Time
Editor
Enrapture
Cigar Shop Man
Hot Dreams
Director
Heaven's Touch
Title Designer
Double Pleasure
(archive footage)
Mistress Electra
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Pandora's Mirror
Waiter / Man in Audition Line
Prisoner of Pleasure
Director
Beauty
Writer
Dracula Exotica
Producer
Afternoon Delights
Editor
New York Construction Co.
More Than Sisters
Martin Randall
Sunny
Producer
The Two Lives of Jennifer
Bob O'Connor
Fiona on Fire
Director
Slave of Pleasure
Richard Anselm / Masked Guy
A Taste of Bette
S.R.
Daughters of Discipline
Bruno
The Fire in Francesca
Troy Winston
Joy of Humiliation
Biker with Cigarette
Cherry Hustlers
Company Investigator
Betrayed Teens
Bobby
Schoolgirl's Reunion
Football Announcer (voice) / Autograph Seeker / Guy at Party
Dirty Susan
Bob Gilroy
The Dark Side of Danielle
Bruce / Betty's Master
Tortured Woman
El Gringo
Water Power
Police Station Cop / Man at Car Window
That Lady from Rio
Sex Slave (uncredited)
French Schoolgirls
The Fury in Alice
Chip Carson
Girl Scout Cookies
Mr. O'Malley
Dominatrix Without Mercy
Director
The Story of Eloise
Edgar Frank
Sensuous Fly Girls
Man in Stable
Midnight Desires
Chauffeur / Highwayman (uncredited)
The Untamed Vixens
Jerry
Venture Into the Bizzare
Closing Narration (voice)
The Summer of Suzanne
Chip
She's No Angel
Dr. Warren Counter
The Travails of June
Willy
Cheryl's Surrender
Ray Lavagis
Kathy's Graduation Present
Randy
China Doll
Bert
Baby Oil
Orgy Guy with Two Girls
Gladys and Her All Girl Band
Lola
Lisa Meets Mr. Big
Minister
The Passions of Carol
The Spirits