Shaun Costello
Directing
Born January 1, 1944 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Hymns from the Abyss
Self (archive footage)
Popcorn
Writing for Time
Enrapture
Cigar Shop Man
Hot Dreams
Heaven's Touch
Mistress Electra
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Pandora's Mirror
Waiter / Man in Audition Line
Prisoner of Pleasure
Beauty
Dracula Exotica
Afternoon Delights
New York Construction Co.
More Than Sisters
Martin Randall
Sunny
The Two Lives of Jennifer
Bob O'Connor
Fiona on Fire
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
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
Two Senoritas
Guy with Glasses
Private Practice
Mr. Barnes
The School for Sexual Arts
Guy in Final Class
Sin of Lust
Bob Hartman
Hotel Hooker
Pete
The Joyriders
The Love Bus
George
Come Fly with Us
Jay Basby
Teenage Nurses
Joe / TV Reporter
Lady on the Couch
Poker Buddy (uncredited)
Pen Pals
Good Samaritan / Man in Black
Lip Service
Hired Guy
Maxines' Dating Service
The Tycoon's Daughter
Newspaper Reader / Radio Newscaster
Go Fly a Kite
John Spaulding
Honeymoon Suite
Jamie
Ozark Sex Fiend
Newscaster / Homer Heaply
Sweet Sexteen
Jerry
Come and Be Purified
Brother Francis
Teachers and Cream
Mr. Boynton
Tina Makes a Deal
Customs Agent
Joe Rock Superstar
Rock the Guitarist / Voice of Walter Cockite
Forced Entry
David
The Porn Brokers
Self
The Love Witch
Sexual Customs in Scandinavia
Mr. Thorens
Hell's Kitten
Love in the Rain
Shaun (uncredited)
The Magical Ring
First Fantasy Lover
Feel
Sensuous Vixens
Photo Model with Mustache