Shaun Costello
Directing
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
Directing64
movieWriting for Time
1990
Director
movieHot Dreams
1983
Director
movieHeaven's Touch
1983
Director
movieMistress Electra
1982
Director
moviePandora's Mirror
1981
Director
moviePrisoner of Pleasure
1981
Director
movieBeauty
1981
Director
movieDracula Exotica
1980
Director
movieAfternoon Delights
1980
Director
movieMore Than Sisters
1979
Director
movieSunny
1979
Director
movieFiona on Fire
1978
Director
movieSlave of Pleasure
1978
Director
movieDaughters of Discipline
1978
Director
movieThe Fire in Francesca
1977
Director
movieBetrayed Teens
1977
Director
movieSchoolgirl's Reunion
1977
Director
movieDirty Susan
1977
Director
movieTortured Woman
1976
Director
movieWater Power
1976
Director
movieThat Lady from Rio
1976
Director
movieThe Fury in Alice
1976
Director
movieGirl Scout Cookies
1976
Director
movieThe Story of Eloise
1976
Director
movieSensuous Fly Girls
1976
Director
movieMidnight Desires
1976
Director
movieThe Untamed Vixens
1976
Director
movieShe's No Angel
1976
Director
movieThe Travails of June
1976
Director
movieThe Summer of Suzanne
1976
Director
movieCheryl's Surrender
1975
Director
movieChina Doll
1975
Director
movieLisa Meets Mr. Big
1975
Director
movieThe Passions of Carol
1975
Director
movieTwo Senoritas
1975
Director
movieThe Joyriders
1975
Director
movieSin of Lust
1975
Director
movieHotel Hooker
1975
Director
movieThe Love Bus
1974
Director
movieCome Fly with Us
1974
Director
movieTeenage Nurses
1974
Director
movieLady on the Couch
1974
Director
moviePen Pals
1974
Director
movieLip Service
1974
Director
movieMaxines' Dating Service
1973
Director
movieThe Tycoon's Daughter
1973
Director
movieGo Fly a Kite
1973
Director
movieHoneymoon Suite
1973
Director
movieOzark Sex Fiend
1973
Director
movieSweet Sexteen
1973
Director
movieCome and Be Purified
1973
Director
movieTeachers and Cream
1973
Director
movieTina Makes a Deal
1973
Director
movieJoe Rock Superstar
1973
Director
movieForced Entry
1973
Director
movieHell's Kitten
1972
Director
movieSensuous Vixens
1971
Director
Acting68
movieHymns from the Abyss
2021
Self (archive footage)
movieEnrapture
1990
Cigar Shop Man
Double Pleasure
1982
(archive footage)
movieMistress Electra
1982
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
moviePandora's Mirror
1981
Waiter / Man in Audition Line
movieMore Than Sisters
1979
Martin Randall
movieThe Two Lives of Jennifer
1979
Bob O'Connor
movieSlave of Pleasure
1978
Richard Anselm / Masked Guy
movieThe Fire in Francesca
1977
Troy Winston
movieJoy of Humiliation
1977
Biker with Cigarette
movieCherry Hustlers
1977
Company Investigator
movieSchoolgirl's Reunion
1977
Football Announcer (voice) / Autograph Seeker / Guy at Party
movieDirty Susan
1977
Bob Gilroy
movieThe Dark Side of Danielle
1976
Bruce / Betty's Master
movieTortured Woman
1976
El Gringo
movieWater Power
1976
Police Station Cop / Man at Car Window
movieThat Lady from Rio
1976
Sex Slave (uncredited)
movieThe Fury in Alice
1976
Chip Carson
movieGirl Scout Cookies
1976
Mr. O'Malley
movieThe Story of Eloise
1976
Edgar Frank
movieSensuous Fly Girls
1976
Man in Stable
movieMidnight Desires
1976
Chauffeur / Highwayman (uncredited)
movieVenture Into the Bizzare
1976
Closing Narration (voice)
movieShe's No Angel
1976
Dr. Warren Counter
movieCheryl's Surrender
1975
Ray Lavagis
movieBaby Oil
1975
Orgy Guy with Two Girls
movieLisa Meets Mr. Big
1975
Minister
movieThe Passions of Carol
1975
The Spirits
movieTwo Senoritas
1975
Guy with Glasses
moviePrivate Practice
1975
Mr. Barnes
movieThe School for Sexual Arts
1975
Guy in Final Class
movieSin of Lust
1975
Bob Hartman
movieThe Love Bus
1974
George
movieCome Fly with Us
1974
Jay Basby
movieTeenage Nurses
1974
Joe / TV Reporter
movieLady on the Couch
1974
Poker Buddy (uncredited)
moviePen Pals
1974
Good Samaritan / Man in Black
movieLip Service
1974
Hired Guy
movieThe Tycoon's Daughter
1973
Newspaper Reader / Radio Newscaster
movieGo Fly a Kite
1973
John Spaulding
movieOzark Sex Fiend
1973
Newscaster / Homer Heaply
movieCome and Be Purified
1973
Brother Francis
movieTeachers and Cream
1973
Mr. Boynton
movieTina Makes a Deal
1973
Customs Agent
movieJoe Rock Superstar
1973
Rock the Guitarist / Voice of Walter Cockite
movieSexual Customs in Scandinavia
1972
Mr. Thorens
Selling It
1972
(archive footage)
movieLove in the Rain
1971
Shaun (uncredited)
movieThe Magical Ring
1971
First Fantasy Lover
movieSensuous Vixens
1971
Photo Model with Mustache
Writing51
movieHot Dreams
1983
Writer
movieHeaven's Touch
1983
Writer
movieBeauty
1981
Writer
movieDracula Exotica
1980
Writer
movieAfternoon Delights
1980
Screenplay
movieMore Than Sisters
1979
Screenplay
movieSunny
1979
Writer
movieSlave of Pleasure
1978
Screenplay
movieBetrayed Teens
1977
Writer
movieWater Power
1976
Writer
movieMidnight Desires
1976
Screenplay
movieChina Doll
1975
Writer
movieThe Passions of Carol
1975
Screenplay
movieTwo Senoritas
1975
Writer
movieThe Joyriders
1975
Writer
movieSin of Lust
1975
Writer
movieHotel Hooker
1975
Writer
movieThe Love Bus
1974
Writer
movieTeenage Nurses
1974
Screenplay
moviePen Pals
1974
Writer
movieLip Service
1974
Writer
movieGo Fly a Kite
1973
Writer
movieHoneymoon Suite
1973
Writer
movieOzark Sex Fiend
1973
Writer
movieSweet Sexteen
1973
Writer
movieForced Entry
1973
Writer
movieSensuous Vixens
1971
Writer
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moviePopcorn
1991
Associate Producer
movieHot Dreams
1983
Producer
movieHeaven's Touch
1983
Producer
movieMistress Electra
1982
Producer
moviePandora's Mirror
1981
Producer
movieBeauty
1981
Producer
movieDracula Exotica
1980
Producer
movieSunny
1979
Producer
movieSlave of Pleasure
1978
Producer
movieDaughters of Discipline
1978
Producer
movieBetrayed Teens
1977
Producer
movieSchoolgirl's Reunion
1977
Producer
movieWater Power
1976
Producer
movieThe Fury in Alice
1976
Producer
movieThe Story of Eloise
1976
Producer
movieSensuous Fly Girls
1976
Producer
movieMidnight Desires
1976
Producer
movieThe Untamed Vixens
1976
Producer
movieThe Travails of June
1976
Producer
movieCheryl's Surrender
1975
Producer
movieThe Passions of Carol
1975
Producer
movieTwo Senoritas
1975
Producer
movieThe Joyriders
1975
Producer
movieHotel Hooker
1975
Producer
movieCome Fly with Us
1974
Producer
movieTeenage Nurses
1974
Producer
movieLady on the Couch
1974
Producer
movieGo Fly a Kite
1973
Producer
movieOzark Sex Fiend
1973
Producer
movieSweet Sexteen
1973
Producer
movieCome and Be Purified
1973
Producer
movieTeachers and Cream
1973
Producer
movieTina Makes a Deal
1973
Producer
movieForced Entry
1973
Producer
movieThe Love Witch
1973
Producer
Editing19
movieWater Power
1976
Editor
movieThe Joyriders
1975
Editor
movieHotel Hooker
1975
Editor
movieTeenage Nurses
1974
Editor
movieSweet Sexteen
1973
Editor
movieForced Entry
1973
Editor
Art7
movieHot Dreams
1983
Production Design
movieHeaven's Touch
1983
Title Designer
movieMistress Electra
1982
Title Designer
moviePandora's Mirror
1981
Production Design
movieBeauty
1981
Title Designer
movieWater Power
1976
Title Designer
movieThe Passions of Carol
1975
Main Title Designer
Crew3
movieHot Dreams
1983
Special Effects
movieWater Power
1976
Special Effects
movieThe Passions of Carol
1975
Special Effects
Camera2
movieWriting for Time
1990
Director of Photography
movieHeaven's Touch
1983
Additional Photography
Visual Effects2
movieHot Dreams
1983
Visual Effects
movieThe Passions of Carol
1975
Visual Effects