Shaun Costello
Directing
Born: 1944-01-01 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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
Hymns from the Abyss
Self (archive footage)
Enrapture
Cigar Shop Man
Sensuous Fly Girls
Man in Stable
The Love Bus
George
Pandora's Mirror
Waiter / Man in Audition Line
Forced Entry
David
Cheryl's Surrender
Ray Lavagis
The Untamed Vixens
Jerry
Teenage Nurses
Joe / TV Reporter
Joy of Humiliation
Biker with Cigarette
The Fury in Alice
Chip Carson
The Porn Brokers
Self
Venture Into the Bizzare
Closing Narration (voice)
The Two Lives of Jennifer
Bob O'Connor
The Summer of Suzanne
Chip
Sexual Customs in Scandinavia
Mr. Thorens
Feel
Cherry Hustlers
Company Investigator
Private Practice
Mr. Barnes
Schoolgirl's Reunion
Football Announcer (voice) / Autograph Seeker / Guy at Party
Two Senoritas
Guy with Glasses
Sweet Sexteen
Jerry
Sensuous Vixens
Photo Model with Mustache
China Doll
Bert
Midnight Desires
Chauffeur / Highwayman (uncredited)
Water Power
Police Station Cop / Man at Car Window
Come Fly with Us
Jay Basby
The Magical Ring
First Fantasy Lover
Slave Of Pleasure
Richard Anselm / Masked Guy
A Taste of Bette
S.R.
Betrayed Teens
Bobby
Daughters of Discipline
Bruno
Mistress Electra
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Pen Pals
Good Samaritan / Man in Black
Gladys and Her All Girl Band
Lola
The Tycoon's Daughter
Newspaper Reader / Radio Newscaster
She's No Angel
Dr. Warren Counter