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Shaun Costello
Born · January 1, 1944
Died · July 5, 2023 (79 years old)
Known For: Directing
Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Bio
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.
Hymns from the Abyss
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2021
Enrapture
Cigar Shop Man
3.0
1990
Double Pleasure
(as Russ Carlson)
0.0
1982
Mistress Electra
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
0.0
1982
Pandora's Mirror
Waiter / Man in Audition Line
7.0
1981
New York Construction Co.
0.0
1980
More Than Sisters
Martin Randall
7.7
1979
The Two Lives of Jennifer
Bob O'Connor
0.0
1979
Slave of Pleasure
Richard Anselm / Masked Guy
6.5
1978
A Taste Of Bette
S.R.
2.0
1978
Daughters of Discipline
Bruno
3.0
1978
The Fire in Francesca
Troy Winston
0.0
1977
Joy Of Humiliation
Biker with Cigarette
7.5
1977
Cherry Hustlers
Company Investigator
0.0
1977
Betrayed Teens
Bobby
1.0
1977
Schoolgirl's Reunion
Football Announcer (voice) / Autograph Seeker / Guy at Party
7.0
1977
Dirty Susan
Bob Gilroy
0.0
1977
The Dark Side of Danielle
Bruce / Betty's Master
0.0
1976
Tortured Woman
El Gringo
0.0
1976
Water Power
Police Station Cop / Man at Car Window
5.3
1976
That Lady from Rio
Sex Slave (uncredited)
0.0
1976
The Fury in Alice
Chip Carson
0.0
1976
Girl Scout Cookies
Mr. O'Malley
4.0
1976
The Story of Eloise
Edgar Frank
0.0
1976
Sensuous Fly Girls
Man in Stable
7.0
1976
Midnight Desires
Chauffeur / Highwayman (uncredited)
3.0
1976
The Untamed Vixens
Jerry
0.0
1976
Venture Into the Bizzare
Closing Narration (voice)
10.0
1976
The Summer of Suzanne
Chip
0.0
1976
She's No Angel
Dr. Warren Counter
5.0
1976
The Travails of June
Willy
4.0
1976
Cheryl's Surrender
Ray Lavagis
6.0
1975
Kathy's Graduation Present
Randy
0.0
1975
China Doll
Bert
10.0
1975
Baby Oil
Orgy Guy with Two Girls
0.0
1975
Gladys and Her All Girl Band
Lola
0.0
1975
Lisa Meets Mr. Big
Minister
0.0
1975
The Passions of Carol
The Spirits
5.4
1975
Two Senoritas
Guy with Glasses
0.0
1975
Private Practice
Mr. Barnes
0.0
1975
The School for Sexual Arts
Guy in Final Class
1.8
1975
Sin of Lust
Bob Hartman
0.0
1975
Hotel Hooker
Pete
0.0
1975
The Hardy Girls
0.0
1974
The Love Bus
George
0.0
1974
Come Fly with Us
Jay Basby
0.0
1974
Teenage Nurses
Joe / TV Reporter
0.0
1974
Lady on the Couch
Poker Buddy (uncredited)
6.0
1974
Pen Pals
Good Samaritan / Man in Black
3.0
1974
Lip Service
Hired Guy
0.0
1974
The Tycoon's Daughter
Newspaper Reader / Radio Newscaster
2.0
1973
Go Fly a Kite
John Spaulding
0.0
1973
Honeymoon Suite
Jamie
8.0
1973
Sexual Freedom in the Ozarks
Newscaster / Homer Heaply
0.0
1973
Sweet Sexteen
Jerry
0.0
1973
Come And Be Purified
Brother Francis
5.0
1973
Teachers and Cream
Mr. Boynton
0.0
1973
Tina Makes a Deal
Customs Agent
0.0
1973
Joe Rock Superstar
Rock the Guitarist / Voice of Walter Cockite
0.0
1973
Guess Who's Coming
Peter
0.0
1973
Forced Entry
David
5.1
1973
The Porn Brokers
Self
6.5
1973
Sexual Customs in Scandinavia
Mr. Thorens
0.0
1972
Selling It
(archive footage)
0.0
1972
Love in the Rain
Shaun (uncredited)
0.0
1971
The Magical Ring
First Fantasy Lover
3.0
1971
Feel
4.0
1971
Sensuous Vixens
Photo Model with Mustache
0.0
1971