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
Hymns from the Abyss
2021 · Movie
Popcorn
1991 · Movie
Writing for Time
1990 · Movie
Enrapture
1990 · Movie
Hot Dreams
1983 · Movie
Heaven's Touch
1983 · Movie
Double Pleasure
1982 · Movie
Mistress Electra
1982 · Movie
Pandora's Mirror
1981 · Movie
Prisoner of Pleasure
1981 · Movie
Beauty
1981 · Movie
Dracula Exotica
1980 · Movie
Afternoon Delights
1980 · Movie
New York Construction Co.
1980 · Movie
More Than Sisters
1979 · Movie
Sunny
1979 · Movie
The Two Lives of Jennifer
1979 · Movie
Fiona on Fire
1978 · Movie
Slave of Pleasure
1978 · Movie
A Taste of Bette
1978 · Movie
Daughters of Discipline
1978 · Movie
The Fire in Francesca
1977 · Movie
Joy of Humiliation
1977 · Movie
Cherry Hustlers
1977 · Movie
Betrayed Teens
1977 · Movie
Schoolgirl's Reunion
1977 · Movie
Dirty Susan
1977 · Movie
The Dark Side of Danielle
1976 · Movie
Tortured Woman
1976 · Movie
Water Power
1976 · Movie
That Lady from Rio
1976 · Movie
French Schoolgirls
1976 · Movie
The Fury in Alice
1976 · Movie
Girl Scout Cookies
1976 · Movie
Dominatrix Without Mercy
1976 · Movie
The Story of Eloise
1976 · Movie
Sensuous Fly Girls
1976 · Movie
Midnight Desires
1976 · Movie
The Untamed Vixens
1976 · Movie
Venture Into the Bizzare
1976 · Movie
The Summer of Suzanne
1976 · Movie
She's No Angel
1976 · Movie
The Travails of June
1976 · Movie
Cheryl's Surrender
1975 · Movie
Kathy's Graduation Present
1975 · Movie
China Doll
1975 · Movie
Baby Oil
1975 · Movie
Gladys and Her All Girl Band
1975 · Movie
Lisa Meets Mr. Big
1975 · Movie
The Passions of Carol
1975 · Movie
Two Senoritas
1975 · Movie
Private Practice
1975 · Movie
The School for Sexual Arts
1975 · Movie
Sin of Lust
1975 · Movie
Hotel Hooker
1975 · Movie
The Joyriders
1975 · Movie
The Love Bus
1974 · Movie
Come Fly with Us
1974 · Movie
Teenage Nurses
1974 · Movie
Lady on the Couch
1974 · Movie
Pen Pals
1974 · Movie
Lip Service
1974 · Movie
Maxines' Dating Service
1973 · Movie
The Tycoon's Daughter
1973 · Movie
Go Fly a Kite
1973 · Movie
Honeymoon Suite
1973 · Movie
Ozark Sex Fiend
1973 · Movie
Sweet Sexteen
1973 · Movie
Come and Be Purified
1973 · Movie
Teachers and Cream
1973 · Movie
Tina Makes a Deal
1973 · Movie
Joe Rock Superstar
1973 · Movie
Guess Who's Coming
1973 · Movie
Forced Entry
1973 · Movie
The Porn Brokers
1973 · Movie
The Love Witch
1973 · Movie
Sexual Customs in Scandinavia
1972 · Movie
Selling It
1972 · Movie
Hell's Kitten
1972 · Movie
Love in the Rain
1971 · Movie
The Magical Ring
1971 · Movie
Feel
1971 · Movie
Sensuous Vixens
1971 · Movie