Shaun Costello
Directing
1944-01-01 · 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(68)
movieHymns from the Abyss
as Self (archive footage) · 2021 · 0.0
movieEnrapture
as Cigar Shop Man · 1990 · 3.8
movieDouble Pleasure
as (archive footage) · 1982 · 8.5
movieMistress Electra
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · 1982 · 10.0
moviePandora's Mirror
as Waiter / Man in Audition Line · 1981 · 7.0
movieNew York Construction Co.
as · 1980 · 8.0
movieMore Than Sisters
as Martin Randall · 1979 · 7.5
movieThe Two Lives of Jennifer
as Bob O'Connor · 1979 · 8.0
movieSlave of Pleasure
as Richard Anselm / Masked Guy · 1978 · 7.0
movieA Taste of Bette
as S.R. · 1978 · 3.7
movieDaughters of Discipline
as Bruno · 1978 · 5.5
movieThe Fire in Francesca
as Troy Winston · 1977 · 8.0
movieJoy of Humiliation
as Biker with Cigarette · 1977 · 8.3
movieCherry Hustlers
as Company Investigator · 1977 · 8.0
movieBetrayed Teens
as Bobby · 1977 · 5.3
movieSchoolgirl's Reunion
as Football Announcer (voice) / Autograph Seeker / Guy at Party · 1977 · 7.0
movieDirty Susan
as Bob Gilroy · 1977 · 7.0
movieThe Dark Side of Danielle
as Bruce / Betty's Master · 1976 · 0.0
movieTortured Woman
as El Gringo · 1976 · 7.0
movieWater Power
as Police Station Cop / Man at Car Window · 1976 · 5.5
movieThat Lady from Rio
as Sex Slave (uncredited) · 1976 · 10.0
movieFrench Schoolgirls
as · 1976 · 9.0
movieThe Fury in Alice
as Chip Carson · 1976 · 7.5
movieGirl Scout Cookies
as Mr. O'Malley · 1976 · 5.5