Shaun Costello
Known For: Directing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: January 1, 1944
Day of Death: July 5, 2023 (80 years old)
Place of Birth: 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.
2021
1991
1990
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
Actor Biker with Cigarette
Joy Of Humiliation
Actor Company Investigator
Cherry Hustlers
Actor Football Announcer (voice) / Autograph Seeker / Guy at Party
Schoolgirl's Reunion
Actor Bobby
Betrayed Teens
Actor Troy Winston
The Fire in Francesca
Actor Bob Gilroy
Dirty Susan
Editor
Schoolgirl's Reunion
Producer
Schoolgirl's Reunion
Writer
Schoolgirl's Reunion
Director
Schoolgirl's Reunion
Producer
Betrayed Teens
Writer
Betrayed Teens
Director
Betrayed Teens
Director
The Fire in Francesca
Director
Dirty Susan
1976
Actor Jerry
The Untamed Vixens
Actor Chip Carson
The Fury in Alice
Actor Closing Narration (voice)
Venture Into the Bizzare
Actor Chip
The Summer of Suzanne
Actor Chauffeur / Highwayman (uncredited)
Midnight Desires
Actor Police Station Cop / Man at Car Window
Water Power
Actor Man in Stable
Sensuous Fly Girls
Actor Dr. Warren Counter
She's No Angel
Actor El Gringo
Tortured Woman
Actor Willy
The Travails of June
Actor Bruce / Betty's Master
The Dark Side of Danielle
Actor Sex Slave (uncredited)
That Lady from Rio
Actor Edgar Frank
The Story of Eloise
Actor Mr. O'Malley
Girl Scout Cookies
Director
Water Power
Writer
The Summer of Suzanne
Writer
The Dark Side of Danielle
Producer
The Story of Eloise
Editor
The Story of Eloise
Writer
The Story of Eloise
Screenplay
Midnight Desires
Producer
Midnight Desires
Director
Midnight Desires
Editor
Midnight Desires
Writer
Water Power
Producer
Water Power
Editor
Water Power
Director
The Untamed Vixens
Writer
The Untamed Vixens
Editor
The Untamed Vixens
Producer
The Untamed Vixens
Producer
The Fury in Alice
Director
Dominatrix Without Mercy
Director
The Fury in Alice
Writer
The Fury in Alice
Director
Sensuous Fly Girls
Writer
Sensuous Fly Girls
Producer
Sensuous Fly Girls
Director
She's No Angel
Director
The Travails of June
Director
The Summer of Suzanne
Director
Tortured Woman
Director
The Dark Side of Danielle
Writer
That Lady from Rio
Director
That Lady from Rio
Director
The Story of Eloise
Director
Girl Scout Cookies
Writer
Dominatrix Without Mercy
Editor
The Travails of June
Producer
The Travails of June
Writer
The Travails of June
Special Effects
Water Power
Title Designer
Water Power
1975
Actor Ray Lavagis
Cheryl's Surrender
Actor Mr. Barnes
Private Practice
Actor Guy with Glasses
Two Senoritas
Actor Bert
China Doll
Actor Lola
Gladys and Her All Girl Band
Actor Guy in Final Class
The School for Sexual Arts
Actor Bob Hartman
Sin of Lust
Actor Minister
Lisa Meets Mr. Big
Actor Randy
Kathy's Graduation Present
Actor Orgy Guy with Two Girls
Baby Oil
Actor Pete
Hotel Hooker
Actor The Spirits
The Passions of Carol
Writer
The Joyriders
Producer
The Joyriders
Editor
The Joyriders
Writer
Sin of Lust
Writer
Kathy's Graduation Present
Director
The Joyriders
Writer
Lisa Meets Mr. Big
Writer
Gladys and Her All Girl Band
Director
Two Senoritas
Producer
Two Senoritas
Writer
Two Senoritas
Director
China Doll
Director
The Passions of Carol
Screenplay
The Passions of Carol
Director
Cheryl's Surrender
Writer
Cheryl's Surrender
Producer
Cheryl's Surrender
Editor
Cheryl's Surrender
Producer
Hotel Hooker
Editor
Hotel Hooker
Director
Lisa Meets Mr. Big
Director
Gladys and Her All Girl Band
Director
The School for Sexual Arts
Director
Kathy's Graduation Present
Director
Sin of Lust
Writer
China Doll
Director
Hotel Hooker
Writer
Hotel Hooker
Producer
The Passions of Carol
Special Effects
The Passions of Carol
Main Title Designer
The Passions of Carol
Editor
The Passions of Carol
Visual Effects
The Passions of Carol
1974
Actor George
The Love Bus
Actor Joe / TV Reporter
Teenage Nurses
Actor Jay Basby
Come Fly with Us
Actor Good Samaritan / Man in Black
Pen Pals
Actor Hired Guy
Lip Service
Actor Poker Buddy (uncredited)
Lady on the Couch
Screenplay
Teenage Nurses
Editor
Teenage Nurses
Director
Teenage Nurses
Producer
Teenage Nurses
Director
The Love Bus
Writer
The Love Bus
Producer
Lady on the Couch
Editor
Lady on the Couch
Director
Come Fly with Us
Director
Pen Pals
Writer
Pen Pals
Director
Lip Service
Writer
Lip Service
Writer
Lady on the Couch
Director
Lady on the Couch
Writer
Come Fly with Us
Producer
Come Fly with Us
Editor
Come Fly with Us
1973
Actor David
Forced Entry
Actor Self
The Porn Brokers
Actor Jerry
Sweet Sexteen
Actor Peter
Guess Who's Coming
Actor Newspaper Reader / Radio Newscaster
The Tycoon's Daughter
Actor Jamie
Honeymoon Suite
Actor Mr. Boynton
Teachers and Cream
Actor Newscaster / Homer Heaply
Sexual Freedom in the Ozarks
Actor John Spaulding
Go Fly a Kite
Actor Rock the Guitarist / Voice of Walter Cockite
Joe Rock Superstar
Actor Customs Agent
Tina Makes a Deal
Actor Brother Francis
Come And Be Purified
Director
Forced Entry
Editor
Forced Entry
Writer
Forced Entry
Producer
Forced Entry
Director
Maxines' Dating Service
Writer
Honeymoon Suite
Writer
Sexual Freedom in the Ozarks
Producer
Go Fly a Kite
Producer
Sexual Freedom in the Ozarks
Writer
Go Fly a Kite
Producer
Come And Be Purified
Producer
Teachers and Cream
Producer
Tina Makes a Deal
Editor
Tina Makes a Deal
Writer
Teachers and Cream
Editor
Sweet Sexteen
Writer
Sweet Sexteen
Director
Sweet Sexteen
Producer
Sweet Sexteen
Producer
The Love Witch
Director
Come And Be Purified
Director
The Tycoon's Daughter
Director
Teachers and Cream
Director
Honeymoon Suite
Director
Sexual Freedom in the Ozarks
Director
Joe Rock Superstar
Director
Go Fly a Kite
Director
Tina Makes a Deal
Writer
Tina Makes a Deal
