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