Shaun Costello
Directing • Born 1944-01-01 – Died 2023-07-05
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.
Filmography
68 credits
The Love Bus
Movie • 1974
George
Pandora's Mirror
Movie • 1981
Waiter / Man in Audition Line
Forced Entry
Movie • 1973
David
Cheryl's Surrender
Movie • 1975
Ray Lavagis
The Untamed Vixens
Movie • 1976
Jerry
Teenage Nurses
Movie • 1974
Joe / TV Reporter
Joy Of Humiliation
Movie • 1977
Biker with Cigarette
The Fury in Alice
Movie • 1976
Chip Carson
The Porn Brokers
Movie • 1973
Self
Selling It
Movie • 1972
(archive footage)
Venture Into the Bizzare
Movie • 1976
Closing Narration (voice)
The Two Lives of Jennifer
Movie • 1979
Bob O'Connor
The Summer of Suzanne
Movie • 1976
Chip
Sexual Customs in Scandinavia
Movie • 1972
Mr. Thorens
Feel
Movie • 1971
Cherry Hustlers
Movie • 1977
Company Investigator
Private Practice
Movie • 1975
Mr. Barnes
Schoolgirl's Reunion
Movie • 1977
Football Announcer (voice) / Autograph Seeker / Guy at Party
Two Senoritas
Movie • 1975
Guy with Glasses
Sweet Sexteen
Movie • 1973
Jerry
Hymns from the Abyss
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Sensuous Vixens
Movie • 1971
Photo Model with Mustache
Enrapture
Movie • 1990
Cigar Shop Man
China Doll
Movie • 1975
Bert
Midnight Desires
Movie • 1976
Chauffeur / Highwayman (uncredited)
Water Power
Movie • 1976
Police Station Cop / Man at Car Window
Double Pleasure
Movie • 1982
(archive footage)
Come Fly with Us
Movie • 1974
Jay Basby
The Magical Ring
Movie • 1971
First Fantasy Lover
Slave of Pleasure
Movie • 1978
Richard Anselm / Masked Guy
Guess Who's Coming
Movie • 1973
Peter
A Taste Of Bette
Movie • 1978
S.R.
Betrayed Teens
Movie • 1977
Bobby
Daughters of Discipline
Movie • 1978
Bruno
Mistress Electra
Movie • 1982
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Sensuous Fly Girls
Movie • 1976
Man in Stable
Pen Pals
Movie • 1974
Good Samaritan / Man in Black
Gladys and Her All Girl Band
Movie • 1975
Lola
The Tycoon's Daughter
Movie • 1973
Newspaper Reader / Radio Newscaster
She's No Angel
Movie • 1976
Dr. Warren Counter
Honeymoon Suite
Movie • 1973
Jamie
Tortured Woman
Movie • 1976
El Gringo
The Travails of June
Movie • 1976
Willy
The School for Sexual Arts
Movie • 1975
Guy in Final Class
The Dark Side of Danielle
Movie • 1976
Bruce / Betty's Master
Sin of Lust
Movie • 1975
Bob Hartman
Love in the Rain
Movie • 1971
Shaun (uncredited)
That Lady from Rio
Movie • 1976
Sex Slave (uncredited)
Teachers and Cream
Movie • 1973
Mr. Boynton
The Story of Eloise
Movie • 1976
Edgar Frank
Ozark Sex Fiend
Movie • 1973
Newscaster / Homer Heaply
Go Fly a Kite
Movie • 1973
John Spaulding
Lisa Meets Mr. Big
Movie • 1975
Minister
Kathy's Graduation Present
Movie • 1975
Randy
Girl Scout Cookies
Movie • 1976
Mr. O'Malley
Joe Rock Superstar
Movie • 1973
Rock the Guitarist / Voice of Walter Cockite
The Fire in Francesca
Movie • 1977
Troy Winston
Lip Service
Movie • 1974
Hired Guy
Tina Makes a Deal
Movie • 1973
Customs Agent
Dirty Susan
Movie • 1977
Bob Gilroy
More Than Sisters
Movie • 1979
Martin Randall
Baby Oil
Movie • 1975
Orgy Guy with Two Girls
Come And Be Purified
Movie • 1973
Brother Francis
Hotel Hooker
Movie • 1975
Pete
Lady on the Couch
Movie • 1974
Poker Buddy (uncredited)
The Passions of Carol
Movie • 1975
The Spirits
New York Construction Co.
Movie • 1980
French Schoolgirls
Movie • 1976